DISMISSED: August 28, 1996
                                             


                        GSBCA 13736-RATE


          In the matter of TRI-STATE MOTOR TRANSIT CO.


     Robert D. Norcom, Auditor, Tri-State Motor Transit Co.,
Joplin, MO, appearing for Claimant.

     Robert T. Hoff, Office of General Counsel, General Services
Administration, Washington, DC, appearing for Office of
Transportation Audits, General Services Administration.

DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).

                              ORDER

     By letter dated August 31, 1995, Tri-State Motor Transit Co.
asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the General
Services Administration's (GSA's) denial of a claim in the amount
of $1,638.44 for freight transportation furnished to the Department
of Defense (DoD) under a Government bill of lading.

     On July 17, 1996, this matter was transferred from GAO to the
General Services Board of Contract Appeals 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 GSA
Administrator dated July 17, 1996.

     We asked Tri-State, DoD, and GSA to provide their views and
supporting documentation on the matter raised by the claim.  In
response, GSA asserted that its Office of Transportation Audits had
allowed the claim in full and asked that the claim be dismissed. 
Tri-State said that GSA had allowed the claim in December 1995, and
that DoD had made payment in March 1996.  Tri-State had no
objection to our dismissing the claim.

     Accordingly, this claim is DISMISSED.





                                   _________________________
                                   STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                   Board Judge