Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
 
                                                  
 
                              May 14, 1998
                                                  
 
 
                            GSBCA 14107-RATE
 
 
              In the Matter of C. I. WHITTEN TRANSFER CO.
 
 
        Robert  D.  Norcom,  Auditor, C.  I.  Whitten  Transfer Co.,
   Joplin, MO, appearing for Claimant.
 
        Jeffrey  J.  Thurston,  Director, Office  of  Transportation
   Audits,   General   Services  Administration,   Washington,   DC,
   appearing for General Services Administration.
 
        Colonel James F. Quinn,  Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters,
   Military  Traffic  Management Command,  Department  of the  Army,
   Falls Church, VA, appearing for Department of Defense.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).
 
        C. I. Whitten  Transfer Co. claimed that the Government owed
   $371 more than it had paid for the carrier's having hauled  goods
   from the  Naval Weapons Station in Colts Neck, New Jersey, to the
   Portsmouth Naval Shipyard  in Portsmouth,  New Hampshire,  during
   July 1993.  Whitten maintained that because this shipment was for
   the benefit of the Coast Guard, charges should have been assessed
   in accordance with the relevant  tariff, not a tender the carrier
   had submitted to the Department  of Defense to cover shipments of
   that agency.
 
        The    General   Services    Administration's   Office    of
   Transportation Audits has issued  a settlement certificate  which
   states  that  "there is  due .  .  . from  the United  States" to
   Whitten the entire amount claimed.
 
        Since the  claimant no  longer objects  to the  Government's
   determination, we dismiss the case.
 
                                      __________________________
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
 
                                      Board Judge