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                         GRANTED: July 20, 1995
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                         GSBCA 13305-C(13261-P)
 
 
                DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED,
 
                                        Applicant, 
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
 
                                        Respondent.
 
        Cyrus  E.  Phillips,  IV,  and  Christopher  M.  Johnson  of
   Kilcullen,  Wilson and  Kilcullen,  Washington,  DC, counsel  for
   Applicant.
 
        Craig E. Hodge  and LTC Ronald K. Heuer,  U.S. Army Materiel
   Command, Alexandria,  VA; and  David H. Scott,  U.S. Army  Test &
   Evaluation  Command,  Aberdeen  Proving Ground,  MD,  counsel for
   Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges DANIELS (Chairman), VERGILIO, and GOODMAN.
 
   VERGILIO, Board Judge.
 
        On  June 14,  1995,  Dimensions International,  Incorporated
   filed  this  application  to  recover its  costs  of  filing  and
   pursuing   the  protest   granted   by   the  Board,   Dimensions
   International, Inc.  v. Department  of the  Army, GSBCA  13261-P,
   1995  BPD   100  (May 16,  1995).   Dimensions  seeks to  recover
   $8,522.66--which  represents  its   costs  of  retained   counsel
   (attorney fees and disbursements).
 
        The  Board  concludes  that  Dimensions  prevailed   in  the
   underlying  protest and  is an  appropriate party to  recover its
   costs.  The Board grants the request for $8,522.66.
 
                            Findings of Fact
 
        1.   The   Board   granted  the   protest   underlying  this
   application; the agency recognized that the  protester's proposal
   was capable of being made acceptable and reinstated the protester
   in the competitive range.  Dimensions.
 
        2.   On  June 14,  1995,  pursuant  to  statute,  40  U.S.C.
     759(f)(5)(C)  (1988),  Dimensions  filed   its  application  to
   recover $8,522.66,  as  its  costs  of filing  and  pursuing  the
   protest.
 
        3.   Of the requested  amount, $8,484.50 represents  fees of
   retained counsel; that  is, for each of two  attorneys, an hourly
   rate  multiplied by  a  total  number of  hours  expended by  the
   individual attorney.  The  daily entries of effort attribute  the
   given  hours to  the underlying  protest.   Motion  for Award  of
   Costs,  Enclosure B.   The  time  expended and  hourly rates  are
   reasonable.
 
        4.   Of the requested  amount, $38.16 is for  disbursements,
   for a taxicab ride to the Board, photocopying, and postage.  Each
   element of this amount is  reasonable and attributable to  filing
   and pursuing the protest.
 
                               Discussion
 
        The applicant prevailed  as the protester in  the underlying
   protest;  it was  reinstated in  the  competitive range.   It  is
   appropriate for the protester to  recover its costs of filing and
   pursuing the protest.
 
        The requested amounts  were incurred in filing  and pursuing
   the  underlying  protest.     The  amounts  are   reasonable  and
   reimbursable.  The Board grants the recovery of these costs.
 
                                Decision
 
        The Board  GRANTS the  applicant's request  for recovery  of
   $8,522.66.  The  awarded amount is to be  paid in accordance with
   statute.    40  U.S.C.   759(f)(5)(C)  (1988);  31  U.S.C.   1304
   (1988).
 
 
 
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                                        JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
                                        Board Judge
   We concur:
 
 
 
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   STEPHEN M. DANIELS                   ALLAN H. GOODMAN
   Board Judge                          Board Judge