DISMISSED:  December 14, 1995
                                                    
 
 
                              GSBCA 13459 
 
 
                    UNIQUE JANITORIAL SERVICE, INC.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Joe  S. Ramirez,  President  of  Unique Janitorial  Service,
   Inc., El Paso, TX, appearing for Appellant.
 
        Kevin M. Myles, Office of Regional Counsel, General Services
   Administration, Fort Worth, TX, counsel for Respondent.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge. 
 
                                 ORDER
 
        Appellant,  Unique Janitorial  Service, Inc., was  awarded a
   contract by respondent,  the General Services Administration,  to
   perform  janitorial  services  on a  federal  building  in Marfa,
   Texas.   Appellant submitted a  claim to the  contracting officer
   for additional work which was provided for under the terms of the
   contract,  and which the  Government had requested  be performed.
   In its claim,  appellant also requested reimbursement  for travel
   expenses for travel from its offices in El Paso, Texas, to Marfa,
   Texas,  which  is   three  to   three-and-one-half  hours   away.
   Appellant's claim was returned unpaid citing that travel time and
   mileage  are not  reimburseable  expenses.    On July  26,  1995,
   appellant  sent a  certified letter  to  the contracting  officer
   requesting a final  decision within sixty days.   No decision has
   yet been  issued.  It  is from  the deemed denial  that appellant
   filed this appeal on October 31, 1995.
 
        On  November 2, the  Board suspended the  normal proceedings
   for appeals and directed the contracting officer to issue a final
   decision by December 4, 1995.   On December 12, the parties filed
   a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice which states, in part:
 
        The parties have resolved the issues in dispute between
        them. . .  . This settlement is in  full settlement and
        satisfaction of all  claims costs or issues  claimed by
        appellant, as  of the  present date,  the parties  have
        reached a settlement of all issues . . . .  The parties
        hereby  stipulate and agree that the Board is requested
        to  enter an Order Dismissing with Prejudice the Appeal
        of Unique Janitorial Service, Inc.
 
        Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED.  Rule 28(a).
 
                                      ______________________
                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge