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




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               GRANTED IN PART:  September 2, 2004
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                          GSBCA 16370-ST


                          MONTAGE, INC.,

                                                  Appellant,

                                v.

                       DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

                                                  Respondent.

     Eric R. Stanco, Stanco & Associates, Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.

     John C. Sawyer, Office of the Legal Advisor, Buildings and Acquisitions, Department
of State, Rosslyn, VA, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges PARKER, NEILL, and HYATT.

HYATT, Board Judge.

     This appeal arose under contract number SALMEC-01-C-0036 entered into between
respondent, the Department of State, and appellant, Montage, Inc., for a construction project
to provide physical and security upgrades to the United States Embassy compound in
Budapest, Hungary.  On March 10, 2004, Montage appealed the contracting officer's deemed
denial of its claim for an equitable adjustment for the costs of increased design and
construction work and associated delays.


     The parties have now filed a motion for a stipulation of award based on their 
agreement to settle this appeal.  The settlement agreement states in pertinent part:

          The Department of State shall pay the Contractor the amount of
          $665,000.00.  [T]his money shall be paid to the Contractor by the
          United States Government from the Permanent Indefinite Judgment
          Fund.
     
The parties have confirmed that upon entry of the requested stipulated award they will not
appeal or seek reconsideration of, or relief from, the Board's decision.

                             Decision

     This appeal is GRANTED IN PART in accordance with the parties' joint stipulation
of award.  Rule 136(e) (48 CFR 6101.36(e) (2003)).  The amount of $665,000 is to be paid,
without interest, from the permanent indefinite judgment fund, 31 U.S.C.   1304 (2000).



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                                   CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                   Board Judge


We concur:          



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ROBERT W. PARKER                   EDWIN B. NEILL
Board Judge                             Board Judge