Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405


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               GRANTED IN PART:  November 22, 2002
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                           GSBCA 15610


                 ERIC-TEC SECURITY AGENCY, INC.,

                                             Appellant,

                                v.

                 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

                                             Respondent.

     Bradley Alan Rush, Silver Spring, MD, counsel for Appellant.

     Gerald L. Schrader, Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration,
Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

WILLIAMS, Board Judge.

     On June 11, 2001, appellant, Eric-Tec Security Agency, Inc. (Eric-Tec), appealed a
General Services Administration (GSA) contracting officer's denial of its certified claim for
equitable adjustment under contract number GS-05P-98GCD0002 for security guard services
at six federal buildings located in Chicago, Illinois.  On November 20, 2002, the parties filed
a joint stipulation of judgment, stating in pertinent part:

          The parties have negotiated the issues involved in this docket and have
     agreed to stipulate to the entry of judgment as follows:

          In full settlement of the claims contained in Docket No. 15610 GSA
     will pay to Eric-Tec the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents
     ($75,000.00), plus interest thereon from May 8, 2002 until paid.

          The parties further stipulate that they will promptly submit certificates
     of finality to the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service to
     expedite the payment of the judgment entered by the Board on the basis of this
     stipulation.

     This appeal is GRANTED IN PART in accordance with the parties' stipulation of
judgment.  Rule 136(e) (48 CFR 6101.36(e) (2000)).  This award is to be paid from the
permanent indefinite judgment fund, 31 U.S.C.   1304.



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                                   MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                   Board Judge

We concur:



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MARTHA H. DeGRAFF                  ALLAN H. GOODMAN
Board Judge                             Board Judge