GRANTED IN PART:  February 7, 2007
                                
                                
           CBCA 4, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 585
                                
                                
           BHANDARI CONSTRUCTORS & CONSULTANTS, INC.,
                                
                                                      Appellant,
                                
                               v.
                                
                DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                                
                                                      Respondent.

     Linda E. Alario of Alario & Associates, P.C., Syracuse, NY, counsel for Appellant.

     Kenneth B. MacKenzie, Charlma J. Quarles, and Phillipa L. Anderson, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges McCANN, DRUMMOND, and SHERIDAN.

SHERIDAN, Board Judge.
                                
     On or about January 9, 2007, the respondent, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the
appellant, Bhandari Constructors & Consultants, Inc., in the above-referenced appeals filed
a Joint Motion for Judgment on Stipulated Settlement.  The motion enclosed the Stipulation
of Settlement, executed on December 22, 2006, December 27, 2006, and January 4, 2007,
and entered into by the parties concerning the above-referenced appeals.

  The parties recite that the issues which are the subject of these appeals have been
resolved and jointly move that the Board enter judgment in favor of Bhandari Constructors
& Consultants, Inc. in the amount of $290,100, as follows:  

  1.  Respondent agrees to pay Appellant the amount of $290,100.

  2.  This amount represents a complete and equitable adjustment to these
  appeals and includes all costs, both direct and indirect, including attorney's
  fees but not interest.  Interest will be paid in accordance with the Contract
  Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C.  601-613, commencing February 8, 2002,
  the date the contracting officer received Appellant's certified claim.  The
  parties hereby release each other from all liability under Contract No.
  V689C-616, which release shall become effective and enforceable only upon
  receipt by Appellant of all amounts due pursuant to this Stipulation of
  Settlement.
  
  Inasmuch as the parties have stipulated the equitable adjustment due Bhandari
Constructors & Consultants, Inc., their Joint Motion for Judgment on Stipulated Settlement
is granted.  The appeals are GRANTED IN PART.  Appellant, Bhandari Constructors &
Consultants, Inc., is found entitled to the amount of $290,100, plus interest commencing
February 8, 2002, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stipulation of Settlement
entered into by the parties.



                                ________________________
                                PATRICIA J. SHERIDAN
                                Board Judge


We concur:


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R. ANTHONY McCANN                    JEROME M. DRUMMOND
Board Judge                          Board Judge18346 CBCA 4, 345-350, 585 BHANDARICONSTRUCTORS.DOC 2/7 Reviewed By: PJS/CLH