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



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                           May 12, 1997
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                         GSBCA 13839-RATE
                                 


           In the Matter of TRI-STATE MOTOR TRANSIT CO.


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

     Jeffrey J. Thurston, Director, Office of Transportation Audits, General Services
Administration, Washington, DC, appearing for General Services Administration.

     Col. David A. Shull, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters, Military Traffic
Management Command, Department of the Army, Falls Church, VA, appearing for
Department of Defense.

BORWICK, Board Judge.
     
     The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) seeks reconsideration of our
decision in Tri-State Motor Transit Co., GSBCA 13839-RATE (Apr. 18, 1997).  MTMC
relies on alleged new evidence for the proposition that a default released value of $20,000
did not apply.  The new evidence is an affidavit from a traffic management specialist dated
April 30, 1997, explaining that the shipped ammunition trailers were without wheels.  

MTMC's request for reconsideration is denied.  MTMC has not demonstrated that the
characteristics of the shipped items were incapable of being ascertained before April 30,
1997.  The proper time to present relevant information is while the case is pending before the
Board--preferably in the initial administrative report from the agency--not after the Board has
issued its decision.



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                              ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                              Board Judge