Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
                                                                     
                        
 
               DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: May 25, 2001
                                                                     
                        
 
 
                              GSBCA 15461
 
 
                          R. M. SHOEMAKER CO.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        James  D. Hollyday of Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA,
   counsel for Appellant.
 
        David  M. Smith, Office of General Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).
 
                                 ORDER
 
        R. M.  Shoemaker Co.  (Shoemaker) held  a contract  with the
   General Services Administration (GSA) for repairs and renovations
   of  the Byrne/Green Complex  in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   GSA
   issued  a deductive  modification to  the contract,  unilaterally
   reducing the  contract  price  by $504,165  on  the  ground  that
   Shoemaker had failed  to provide required superintendence  of the
   work.   Shoemaker  claimed  that  it was  entitled  to the  money
   withheld;   the  contracting  officer   denied  that  claim;  and
   Shoemaker appealed the contracting officer's decision.
 
        In May 2001, the  parties submitted the case  to alternative
   dispute resolution, with a Board judge serving as mediator.  As a
   result of this session, the  parties settled the case, subject to
   approval procedures  within the  GSA Office  of General  Counsel.
   The parties then filed a joint motion for an order dismissing the
   appeal without  prejudice  pursuant to  Board  Rule 128,  48  CFR
   6101.28 (2000).
 
        As requested  by the parties,  the Board DISMISSES  THE CASE
   WITHOUT PREJUDICE.  Rule 128.
 
                                      _________________________
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge