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


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                    DISMISSED: August 23, 2004
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                          GSBCA 16472-ST


                     IT'S DELICIOUS VENDING,
                                 
                                                     Appellant,

                                v.

                       DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

                                                     Respondent.

    Eva Kalusin, Silver Spring, MD, appearing for Appellant.

    Dennis J. Gallagher, Office of the Legal Advisor, Buildings and Acquisitions,
Department of State, Rosslyn, VA, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges PARKER, NEILL, and HYATT.

NEILL, Board Judge.

    By order of August 2, 2004, the Board directed appellant to show cause within fifteen
days why this case should not be dismissed.  The order noted that, during a telephonic
conference of the parties with the Board on July 30, appellant's representative had advised
that appellant had not filed a specific claim for relief with the Department of State and that,
as a consequence, there was no decision from a contracting officer regarding any such claim. 
Appellant was, therefore, directed to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for
lack of jurisdiction given the absence of both a claim and a contracting officer's decision on
the same.  See Reflectone, Inc. v. Dalton, 60 F.3d 1572, 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en banc).  

    Appellant has failed to respond to the Board's order within the time indicated. 
Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED. 


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                                 EDWIN B. NEILL
                                 Board Judge

We concur: 

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ROBERT W. PARKER                 CATHERINE B. HYATT
Board Judge                      Board Judge