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




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             DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  July 19, 2005
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                         GSBCA 16591-COM


                    WACKENHUT SERVICES, INC.,

                                                  Appellant,

                                v.

                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,

                                                  Respondent.

     Judith Ward Mattox, Colorado Springs, CO, counsel for Appellant.

     Mark Langstein and Edward J. Weber, Office of General Counsel, Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

PARKER, Board Judge.

                              ORDER

     On February 15, 2005, Wackenhut Services, Inc. (Wackenhut) filed an appeal under
Department of Commerce contract numbers 50-DKNA-5-00061 and 50-DKNA-8-900014. 
On July 18, 2005, Wackenhut informed the Board that the parties have reached a settlement
and Wackenhut has been paid the amount agreed upon.  Wackenhut requested that the appeal
be dismissed with prejudice.

     Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  Rule 128(a).




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                                   ROBERT W. PARKER
                                   Board Judge