ABCD
 
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                DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  July 14, 1992
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                             GSBCA 11903-P 
 
                       NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        David  S.  Cohen   and  Donn  R.  Milton,   Cohen  &  White,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        Richard  Couch,  Jeffrey  I. Kessler,  and  Craig  E. Hodge,
   Office  of Command Counsel,  Department of the  Army, Alexandria,
   VA,  and Larry  D. Manecke,  US Army  Armament, Rock  Island, IL,
   counsel for Respondent.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
       On June 26, 1992, National Computer Systems, protester, filed
   a protest against the respondent,  Department of the Army, United
   States   Materiel   Command,  Rock   Island   Arsenal,  Illinois.
   Protester  alleged that  respondent  had split  requirements  for
   optical mark readers (OMRs) in using small purchase procedures to
   place a number of orders for the OMRs.  
 
       After the  docketing  of the  protest, the  Board convened  a
   prehearing  conference and  developed a  pre-trial  schedule.   A
   hearing on the merits was set to convene on July 23.  
 
       On July 10,  the parties advised the Board  of the settlement
   of the matter and requested a dismissal with prejudice, with each
   side to bear its costs.  
       Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and Rule 28(a)(1),
   this protest is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  
 
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                                ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                Board Judge