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               DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  August 18, 1993
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                              GSBCA 12307
 
 
                    TECHNICAL PRODUCTS ENGINEERING,
 
                                             Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                             Respondent.
 
        Richard H.  Barry,  General Manager  of  Technical  Products
   Engineering, Long Beach, CA, appearing for Appellant.
 
        Kurt Summers,  Office of  General Counsel,  General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges LaBELLA, HYATT, and VERGILIO.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        This  appeal,  filed by  Technical  Products  Engineering on
   February 16,  1993, is  of a  contracting  officer's decision  to
   terminate for default  appellant's contract to supply  steel cash
   boxes  for  the contract  period from  November 1,  1991, through
   October 31, 1992.
 
        Despite  repeated efforts, neither the Board nor counsel for
   respondent  has  been able  to  communicate  with, and  elicit  a
   response  from, appellant.   The Board's notice  of docketing and
   order on  proceedings, dated February 17, 1993,  and February 19,
   1993,  respectively, sent by certified mail, were returned by the
   U.S. Postal Service  on May 24, 1993, as  unclaimed by appellant.
   Unable  to reach  appellant by  certified mail,  the Board,  in a
   letter  dated March  31,  1993, sent  by  regular mail,  informed
   appellant that  it had  no valid telephone  number with  which to
   contact it and requested that appellant contact the Board as soon
   as possible.   The  Board's letter  of March  31,  1993, was  not
   returned.  To date, the Board has not received from the appellant
   a response to this 
   letter or a complaint as required by the Board's order on further
   proceedings    dated   February   19,    1993,   and    by   Rule
   7(b)(1).[foot #] 1
 
 
        On April 19, 1993, respondent  filed a motion to dismiss for
   failure to  prosecute.  On  April 22, 1993,  the Board issued  an
   order requesting  appellant to  show cause as  to why  its appeal
   should not  be dismissed for  failure to prosecute.   The Board's
   order, which was sent by certified mail,  was returned on May 24,
   1993, as unclaimed.  
 
        Respondent  provided the  Board with  a facsimile  telephone
   number it had been given at the outset of these proceedings.   On
   May 27,  1993, the Board  issued an order on  further proceedings
   along with a copy of its  initial order to show cause, which  was
   telefaxed  to appellant and  then sent  by certified  and regular
   mail, asking that appellant respond  to the Board's order to show
   cause on  or before  June 3.   The facsimile  transmittal receipt
   indicated  that this  document  did not  transmit.   The  Board's
   certified and regular mailings of May 27, 1993, were not returned
   and it is presumed they were received.
 
        Appellant has  not responded  to any  of the Board's  orders
   including the order to show cause as to why its appeal should not
   be  dismissed.   Since appellant  has failed  to comply  with the
   Board's  orders,  respondent  has renewed  its  request  that the
   appeal be dismissed.   Given appellant's inaction and failure  to
   respond  to either respondent's motion or correspondence from the
   Board, we  deem the  appeal to have  been abandoned.   AAA Carpet
   Masters, GSBCA 8123, 91-1 BCA   23,362 (1990).
 
                                Decision
 
        Respondent's motion to  dismiss this appeal  for appellant's
   failure to  prosecute is GRANTED.   The appeal is  DISMISSED WITH
   PREJUDICE.  Rule 28(b)(1).
 
 
 
                                 __________________________
                                 CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                 Board Judge
 
   We concur:
    
 
   __________________________    __________________________
   VINCENT A. LaBELLA            JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
   Board Judge                   Board Judge
 
 
                                                                    
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        [foot #] 1   48 CFR 6101 (1992).