Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
 
                                                                     
                    
 
                DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: April 6, 2001
                                                                     
                    
 
 
                              GSBCA 15163
 
 
                   J. W. ROBINSON & ASSOCIATES, INC.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        R.  Michael Ethridge of  Carlock, Copeland, Semler  & Stair,
   LLP, Atlanta, GA, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Gerald  L.  Schrader,  Office of  General  Counsel,  General
   Services  Administration, Washington,  DC;  and M.  Leah  Wright,
   Office of  Regional  Counsel,  General  Services  Administration,
   Atlanta, GA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).
 
                                 ORDER
 
        The  General Services  Administration (GSA)  entered into  a
   contract with J.  W. Robinson &  Associates, Inc. (Robinson),  to
   develop  construction  contract  working  drawings for  a  United
   States  Courthouse in Albany,  Georgia.  Separately,  GSA entered
   into a contract with Pat Mathis Construction Co., Inc.  (Mathis),
   to construct the courthouse.
 
        On October 29, 1998, a GSA  contracting officer modified the
   contract with  Mathis to provide  that firm  $110,000 in  advance
   funding  for performing  work  under  Bulletin  #4,  removal  and
   reinstallation of columns and footings.  Mathis later submitted a
   certified  claim in  the  amount of  $282,179  (inclusive of  the
   advance  payment)  for  this work,  and  the  contracting officer
   offered to pay $168,006 of this amount.  On July 10, 1999, Mathis
   appealed the contracting officer's decision on its claim, and the
   appeal was docketed as GSBCA 15067.
 
 
        On September  16, 1999,  the contracting  officer issued  to
   Robinson  a final decision demanding reimbursement from that firm
   of an amount equal  to whatever funds might be  awarded to Mathis
   pursuant to GSBCA 15067.  On November 10, 1999, Robinson appealed
   this decision, and the appeal was docketed as GSBCA 15163.
 
        GSA,  Mathis, and  Robinson  then met  with  a GSBCA  judge,
   acting  as mediator,  in an  attempt to  resolve the  disputes by
   alternative  means to  formal pursuit  of the  two appeals.   The
   mediation was successful.
 
        On March  26, 2001,  GSA and  Robinson requested  that GSBCA
   15163 be  dismissed with prejudice.   The request was  amended on
   April  5,  2001.    The  parties  attached  to  their  request  a
   settlement agreement which  provides that Robinson will  pay, and
   GSA  will accept,  $95,000 in  full and  final settlement  of the
   appeal.
 
        In  accordance with  the parties'  request,  GSBCA 15163  is
   DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
 
                                      _________________________ 
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge