Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
                                                
 
                           February 18, 1998
                                                
 
                            GSBCA 14456-RATE
 
 
              In the Matter of DIABLO TRANSPORTATION, INC.
 
        Robert  D.  Norcom,  Auditor,  Diablo Transportation,  Inc.,
   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).
        Diablo Transportation, Inc., claimed that it was entitled to
   receive  $81.75 more than the Government  had previously paid for
   transporting vehicles from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to
   San Diego, California.  The claim was predicated on the inclusion
   on the Government bill of lading of a statement that the value of
   the shipment was greater than the "released value" prescribed  in
   Item 190 of  Military Traffic Management Command  Freight Traffic
   Rules Publication No. 1A.
 
        The    General   Services    Administration's   Office    of
   Transportation  Audits  has now  issued a  settlement certificate
   which states that "there is due from the United States" to Diablo
   the entire amount claimed.
 
        Since the  claimant no  longer objects  to the  Government's
   determination, we dismiss the case.
 
                                      _________________________
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge