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                      GRANTED: September 14, 1992
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                         GSBCA 11819-C(11753-P)
 
 
                            SYNCSORT, INC.,
 
                                        Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                  U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION,
 
                                        Respondent.
 
        Gerard  F. Doyle  and  Anne  B. Perry  of  Doyle &  Bachman,
   Washington, DC, appearing for Protester.
 
        Dennis C. Dambly, Roy J. Voegele, Mary Patricia Siemien, and
   Brian  T. Kildee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
   DC, appearing for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges NEILL, HYATT, and VERGILIO.
 
   Board Judge VERGILIO.
 
        On  May 4, 1992,  protester, Syncsort, Inc.,  filed a motion
   seeking to recover $44,267.73 as its costs of filing and pursuing
   the  protest.    The  respondent,  the  U.S.  Nuclear  Regulatory
   Commission, does not oppose the motion.  The Board finds that the
   costs requested were reasonably incurred by the prevailing party.
   Accordingly, the Board grants the motion.
 
                            Findings of Fact
 
        In filing and  pursuing this matter, protester  has incurred
   attorney fees, at specific hourly rates and for discrete  numbers
   of  hours, of  $41,475.   Various expenses incurred  by protester
   through the attorneys  amount to $2,792.73.   Protester's Motion,
   Attachments  A  and B.   Those  expenses incurred  (consisting of
   amounts  for document  reproduction,  courier services,  postage,
   telephone, travel, and deposition transcripts) are of the variety
   the Board  reimburses  as  costs or  legal  expenses.    Sterling
   Federal  Systems,   Inc.   v.  National   Aeronautics   &   Space
   Administration, GSBCA 10000-C  (9835-P), 1992 BPD   141  (May 22,
   1992).  All amounts are sufficiently supported and documented  in
   the record.
 
                               Discussion
 
        Protester seeks to recover $44,267.73 as its costs of filing
   and pursuing the protest.  Having reviewed the record, the agency
   found the amount requested to  be fair and reasonable; the agency
   does not oppose the motion.  Agency Response.
 
        In  the order  of dismissal of  the underlying  protest, the
   Board stated: "Based upon the admission by the agency that it has
   stated its requirements  in an overly restrictive  manner and the
   corrective  action  to be  taken, the  Board deems  protester the
   prevailing  party in this protest for  recovery of costs incurred
   in  filing and  pursuing the  protest."   Syncsort, Inc.  v. U.S.
   Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission, GSBCA  11753-P,  1992  BPD   107
   (citation omitted).  Protester is an appropriate party to recover
   its costs of filing and pursuing the protest.
 
        Statute   entrusts   the   Board   with   determining    the
   reasonableness of the  amount awarded.  40  U.S.C.   759(f)(5)(C)
   (1988); Sterling Federal.   Here, the record supports  the amount
   protester requests  as costs it  incurred in filing  and pursuing
   the protest.  The Board  concludes that the costs were reasonably
   incurred.
 
                                Decision
 
        The Board deems protester  to be entitled to $44,267.73,  to
   be paid in  accordance with statute, 31 U.S.C.    1304 (1988), 40
   U.S.C.    759(f)(5)(C) (1988).    The  Board  GRANTS  protester's
   motion.
 
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                                        JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
                                        Board Judge
   We concur:
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                       CATHERINE B. HYATT
   Board Judge                          Board Judge