Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
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                     GRANTED IN PART: May 17, 2001
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                              GSBCA 15446
 
 
                    HARIS DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION CO.,
 
                                                     Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                     Respondent.
 
        Philip C. Jones and Gerson  B. Kramer of Braude & Margulies,
   P.C., Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Gerald  L.  Schrader,  Office of  General  Counsel,  General
   Services Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges NEILL, DeGRAFF, and GOODMAN.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
        This appeal involves  a claim arising under  contract number
   GS-11P97-MQD0038  for various  construction  improvements to  the
   Auditors Main Building in Washington, D.C.
     
        On  March  20,   2001,  the   parties  participated  in   an
   alternative  dispute  resolution  (ADR) proceeding  in  which the
   panel chair served as  Board Neutral pursuant to Board Rule 204. 
   The parties reached a settlement  of the appeal at the conclusion
   of the ADR proceeding. 
 
        On  May 11, 2001,  the parties filed  a Settlement Agreement
   and Joint Stipulation of Judgment which reads in relevant part:
 
        In full settlement  of the  claims contained in  Docket
        15446, GSA will pay to Haris the sum of Thirty Thousand
        Dollars and No cents ($30,000.00) plus interest thereon
        at rates set by the Secretary of the Treasury (pursuant
        to Public Law 94-41 (85 Stat. 97) for the Renegotiation
        Board) from April 18, 2000 until paid.
 
        The  parties  have   certified  that  they  will   not  seek
   reconsideration of or  appeal this  decision.   The parties  have
   also agreed to  execute certificates of finality.   GSA will file
   the necessary  forms  with the  Department  of the  Treasury  for
   payment from the Judgment Fund.
                                Decision
 
        Pursuant the  agreement of the parties and  Rule 136(e), the
   Board adopts the parties'  stipulation for entry of judgment  and
   enters  judgment as  requested.   Rule 136(e)  provides that  the
   Board may so  adopt the  parties' stipulation,  by decision,  and
   that  such decision  is  an  adjudication of  the  appeal on  its
   merits.  E.g., Flintco, Inc., v. General Services Administration,
   GSBCA 13618, 97-1 BCA    28,738 (1996).  This appeal  is  GRANTED
   IN PART in the amount of  $30,000 plus interest as stated in  the
   settlement agreement.
 
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                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
 
 
 
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                     MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
   Board Judge                             Board Judge