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       GSGCA 12043-P DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  October 14, 1992
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           GSBCA 12021-P, 12028-P, 12041-P, 12042-P, 12043-P
 
 
                         COMPUADD CORPORATION,
 
                                             Protester/Intervenor,
 
                                           
                                  and
 
                  ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
 
                                            Protester/Intervenor,
 
                                  and
 
                 GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC.,
 
                                            Protester/Intervenor,
 
                                  and
 
                         APPLE COMPUTER, INC.,
 
                                            Protester/Intervenor,
 
                                  and
 
                       MEMOREX-TELEX CORPORATION,
 
                                            Protester/Intervenor,
 
                                  and
 
                INTERNATIONAL DATA PRODUCTS CORPORATION,
 
                                            Intervenor,
 
                                  and
 
                          AST RESEARCH, INC.,
 
                                            Intervenor,
 
                                   v.
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
 
                                            Respondent,
                                  and
 
                    ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
 
                                            Intervenor.
 
        Marie  N. Doland of Kurz Koch Doland & Dembling, Washington,
   DC, counsel for Protester/Intervenor CompuAdd Corporation.
 
        David  S. Cohen,  Lisa R.  Hovelson, and  Donn R.  Milton of
   Cohen and White, Washington, DC, counsel for Protester/Intervenor
   Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
 
        Richard J. Conway, William  M. Rosen, and Hilary  S. Cairnie
   of   Dickstein,  Shapiro  and  Morin,  Vienna,  VA,  counsel  for
   Protester/Intervenor Government Technology Services, Inc.
 
        John  A.  McCullough and  Ron  R.  Hutchinson of  Doyle  and
   Bachman, Washington,  DC, counsel for  Protester/Intervenor Apple
   Computer, Inc.
 
        William A. Roberts,  III, Lee Curtis, and Brian  A. Darst of
   Howrey    and    Simon,     Washington,    DC,    counsel     for
   Protester/Intervenor Memorex-Telex Corporation.
 
        D. Oscar Fuster of International Data Products  Corporation,
   Gaithersburg,  MD, appearing  for  Intervenor International  Data
   Products Corporation.
 
        William  W. Goodrich,  Jr., Richard  J. Webber, and  John J.
   O'Brien of  Arent Fox Kintner  Plotkin and Kahn,  Washington, DC,
   counsel for Intervenor AST Research, Inc.
 
        Clarence D. Long, III, Joseph M. Goldstein, and Captain Eric
   Marcotte, Office of  the General Counsel,  Department of the  Air
   Force, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
        Laura K. Kennedy, Kevin P. Connelly, Daniel Marino, Trisa J.
   Thompson, Marc  S. Gold,  and Daniel J.  Pope of  Seyfarth, Shaw,
   Fairweather and Geraldson, Washington, DC, counsel for Intervenor
   Zenith Data Systems Corporation.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  September  23,  1992,  Memorex-Telex  Corporation  (MTC)
   protested  the  terms  of  solicitation  number  F01620-91-R-A212
   (known  as "Desktop  IV"), issued  by the  Department of  the Air
   Force,  for  the   acquisition  of  microcomputers,  applications
   software,  printers,  backup storage  devices,  removable storage
   devices,  user-installable components,  and  support services  to
   satisfy  desktop  computer  needs throughout  the  Department  of
   Defense  and  other  Government  agencies.    MTC's  protest  was
   docketed  as GSBCA  12043-P.   On October  9,  1992, MTC  filed a
   motion  requesting that this protest be dismissed with prejudice.
   Respondent has no objection.
 
        Accordingly,  GSBCA  12043-P  is DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE.
   Rule 28(a).  
 
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                                      CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                      Board Judge