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                       GRANTED:  October 29, 1998
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                              GSBCA 11965
 
                   PEACHTREE INTERIOR BUILDERS, LTD.,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Thomas  C.  Carr,  III,   Project  Manager,  Norcross,   GA,
   appearing for Appellant.
 
        A.  R. Dattolo, Office of Regional Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Atlanta, GA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges BORWICK and NEILL.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                               Background
 
        On  August 10, 1992, appellant, Peachtree Interior Builders,
   Limited,  appealed  from  the  General Services  Administration's
   contracting  officer's decision dated  May 26, 1992,  relating to
   Contract  GS-04P-91-EC-C0077.    That  contract  was for  federal
   courtroom renovation in  Rome, Georgia.  The  contracting officer
   denied  appellant's  claim  that  it  was  required  to   hire  a
   particular wood restoration subcontractor at an increased cost of
   $28,496.82.  
        We developed  a prehearing schedule  and set the  matter for
   hearing.   On January  28, 1993, the  parties filed  a settlement
   stipulation  whereby  the  Government  agrees  to  pay  appellant
   $25,000 and interest  as allowed by the Contract  Disputes Act of
   1978 in full settlement  of the matter.   In accordance with  the
   parties'  request  and  pursuant  to  Rule 36(e),  we  adopt  the
   parties' stipulation by decision and grant the appeal.  
 
                                Decision
 
        This  appeal  is  GRANTED.   The  Government  owes appellant
   $25,000 plus interest as allowed by the Contract Disputes Act, 41
   U.S.C.  611 (1988).
 
 
 
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                                 ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                 Board Judge
 
 
   I concur:
 
 
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   EDWIN B. NEILL
   Board Judge