Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405


                                                                                       

            DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: July 18, 2006
                                                                                       


                          GSBCA 16927-ED


            UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY,

                                             Appellant,

                                v.

                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,

                                             Respondent.

     Dawna M. Cobb, Office of the Attorney General, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD,
counsel for Appellant.

     Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Education,
Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).

                              ORDER

     On July 11, 2006, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, appealed a letter
from a Department of Education contracting officer regarding an invoice submitted by the
university under a contract between the university and the department.

     On July 17, 2006, the parties jointly filed a motion to dismiss the appeal without
prejudice to enable the university to submit a formal claim to the contracting officer under
the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C.   605(a) (2000).

     The motion is granted.  The appeal is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.





                                   _________________________
                                   STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                   Board Judge