Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
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                          GRANTED: May 2, 2000
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                 GSBCA 15305(12294, et al.)-REIN, 13199
 
 
                    SAE/AMERICON MID-ATLANTIC, INC.,
 
                                  and
 
                        SEABOARD SURETY COMPANY,
 
                                                     Appellants,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                     Respondent.
 
        Peter  M. D Ambrosio and  Mark E. Hanson  of Smith, Pachter,
   McWhorter & D Ambrosio, Vienna, VA, counsel for Appellants.
 
        Robert C. Smith, Office of General Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges BORWICK, HYATT, and DeGRAFF.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
        In a decision issued on  October 23, 1998, the Board granted
   GSBCA   12710,  converting   the  termination   for  default   of
   SAE/Americon  Mid-Atlantic, Inc.'s    contract with  the  General
   Services   Administration  (GSA)   to  a   termination  for   the
   convenience  of the  Government.   In  that  decision, the  Board
   dismissed  without prejudice the appeals docketed as GSBCA 12294,
   12523,  12690, 12841,  12842  and  12907,  providing  that  these
   appeals could be reinstated within eighteen months of the Board s
   decision.   SAE/AMERICON Mid-Atlantic,  Inc. v.  General Services
   Administration,    GSBCA     12294,    et    al.,     98-2    BCA
     30,084.[foot #] 1      On   Friday,   April   21,   2000,   the
   parties filed a joint motion to extend the time for reinstatement
   of the subject appeals by  an additional thirty days.  The  Board
   granted the  motion.  On  April 26, 2000, the  parties reinstated
   these appeals,  which are now  docketed as GSBCA  15305(12294, et
   al.)-REIN.  
 
 
        In addition,  the parties have now reached a settlement with
   respect  to the termination for convenience proposal submitted by
   appellants and  have agreed  to stipulate to  the entry  of award
   pursuant to Board Rule 136(e), as follows:
 
             The General Services  Administration will pay
             SAE/Americon  Mid-Atlantic, Inc.  the sum  of
             $19,000,000,   inclusive  of   any  and   all
             Contract  Disputes  Act   of  1978  interest,
             costs, and fees.
 
             The parties also represent and stipulate that
             neither party  will seek  reconsideration of,
             or  relief from,  the  Board s decision,  and
             that neither party will appeal the decision.
 
   The parties have executed certificates of finality.
 
                                Decision
 
        These  appeals are GRANTED  in accordance with  the parties 
   stipulated  settlement.  Rule 136(e) (48 CFR 6101.136(e) (1999)).
   This award is  to be paid from the  permanent indefinite judgment
   fund, 31 U.S.C.   1304 (Supp. IV 1998).
    
 
 
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                                      CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   ANTHONY S. BORWICK            MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
   Board Judge                             Board Judge
                                                                    
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        [foot #] 1 The appeal  brought by  Seaboard Surety  Company,
   GSBCA  13199, asserting  post-termination  claims, was  suspended
   while  the parties  negotiated  the termination  for  convenience
   settlement proposal.