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                        GRANTED:  August 4, 1992
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                            GSBCA 11874-COM
 
 
                     PLANNING RESEARCH CORPORATION,
 
                                                     Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
 
                                                     Respondent.
 
 
        Terry  L.  Albertson and  Linda  S. Bruggeman  of  Crowell &
   Moring, Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Jerry A. Walz,  Mark Langstein, and Lisa J. Obayashi, Office
   of  General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC,
   counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges NEILL, HYATT, and VERGILIO.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
        On June  8, 1992,  Planning Research  Corporation (PRC),  on
   behalf  of its  subcontractor, Chemical Abstracts  Service (CAS),
   filed this  appeal of  a contracting  officer's decision  denying
   CAS's  claim   for  reimbursement  of  certain  audit  adjustment
   invoices submitted for payment pursuant to a settlement agreement
   entered into  between respondent, PRC,  and CAS on  September 30,
   1991.
 
        On July 29, 1992, the parties filed a joint stipulation with
   the Board, under which respondent has agreed to an entry of award
   to appellant  in the  amount of  $1,922,871.23, plus interest  in
   accordance with  the Contract  Disputes Act of  1978.   41 U.S.C.
     611 (1988).  Pursuant to Rule 36(e), the parties have requested
   that the Board adopt their stipulation by decision.
 
        The terms of the joint stipulation are as follows:
 
             (1)  Respondent agrees to an entry of an Order for
        Payment   in  favor  of  Appellant  in  the  amount  of
        $1,922,871.23, plus  interest at the  Contract Disputes
        Act rate;
 
             (2)  Appellant  and  Respondent agree  to  execute
        Certificates  of Finality upon  entry of a  decision by
        the  Board  incorporating  this  Joint  Stipulation  of
        Parties;
 
             (3)  Appellant and Respondent agree that they will
        not  seek  reconsideration  of,  or  relief  from,  the
        Board's decision and order; and
 
             (4)  Appellant  and  Respondent  will  not  appeal  the
        Board's decision or order.
 
        Pursuant  to  Rule   36(e),  the  Board  adopts   the  joint
   stipulation of  the parties  by decision and  enters judgment  as
   requested.  Rule 36(e) provides  that the Board may so  adopt the
   stipulation of the  parties, by decision, and  that such decision
   is an  adjudication of the appeal  on its merits.   E.g., Altgelt
   Investments, Inc., GSBCA 9980 (Feb. 13, 1991); Newco, Inc., GSBCA
   9711 (June 29, 1990).
 
                                Decision
 
        In accordance  with the  foregoing, the  appeal is  GRANTED.
   Judgment is entered for appellant in the amount of $1,922,871.23,
   plus  interest as  provided under  the Contract  Disputes Act  of
   1978. 41 U.S.C.   611 (1988).
 
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                                      CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                     JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
   Board Judge                        Board Judge