ORDER OF SUSPENSION: September 14, 1992 
                                                         
 
 
                             GSBCA 12006-P
 
                      VALIX FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP I,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
 
        Shelton H. Skolnick, Derwood, MD, counsel for Protester.
 
        Richard  Couch, Craig  E. Hodge,  William  R. Medsger,  MAJ,
   JAGC, U.S.  Army Materiel Command,  Alexandria, VA, and  David H.
   Scott,  U.S. Army Test  and Evaluation Command,  Aberdeen Proving
   Ground, MD, counsel for Respondent.
 
   NEILL, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        During a prehearing  conference held on September  14, 1992,
   in  this protest  by Valix  Federal  Partnership I,  respondent's
   representative  stated that  the  agency  would  not  oppose  the
   requested  suspension   of  procurement  authority.   The  Board,
   therefore, suspended the procurement  authority of the Department
   of  the Army  as  applicable  to  respondent's  Solicitation  No.
   DAAD05-92-B-0163 and to the procurement of the requirements which
   are the subject of the  same solicitation.  40 U.S.C.   759(f)(2)
   (1988).
 
        This  document represents  the  written confirmation  of the
   Board's earlier oral order of suspension.  Rule 19(d).  The order
   will remain in effect until this protest is either decided on the
   merits or dismissed. 
 
 
                                           ____________________
                                           EDWIN B. NEILL
                                           Board Judge