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                             January 14, 1997
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                             GSBCA 13734-RATE


               In the Matter of TRI-STATE MOTOR TRANSIT CO.


     Deborah Dame, Assistant Auditor, Tri-State Motor Transit Co.,
Joplin, MO, appearing for Claimant.

     Jeffrey J. Thurston, Director, Office of Transportation
Audits, Washington, DC, appearing for the General Services
Administration.

WILLIAMS, Board Judge.

     On December 29, 1994, the Comptroller General of the
United States issued his decision in the matter of Tri-State Motor
Transit Co. (Tri-State), File No. B-256872, remanding to the
General Services Administration (GSA) Tri-State's claim for payment
of $126.34 on GBL transaction D-0,650,005 for settlement in
accordance with the Comptroller General's decision in Tri-State
Motor Transit Co., B-254372, et al. (July 15, 1994).

     On March 5, 1996, Tri-State requested reconsideration of the
GSA Office of Transportation Audit's (OTA's) denial of Tri-State's
claim.

     On July 17, 1996, pursuant to Section 211 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-53, 109 Stat. 535
(1995), a determination by the Acting Director of the Office of
Management and Budget dated June 28, 1996, and a delegation of
authority from the Acting Administrator of the General Services
Administration dated July 17, 1996, this matter was transferred to
the General Services Board of Contract Appeals.

     On August 5, 1996, OTA informed the Board:

     We have reopened and investigated [Tri-State's] claim,
     based on the information furnished in [its] request for
     reconsideration.  This claim for $126.34 has been
     reexamined and allowed (copy of Certificate of Settlement
     enclosed).

     On January 10, 1997, Tri-State informed the Board that it had
received payment on October 23, 1996.

     Accordingly, Tri-State's claim is DISMISSED.



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                                   MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                   Board Judge