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               DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  January 4, 1999
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                             GSBCA 12070-P
 
                    UNISYS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
 
                                           Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
 
               MARTIN MARIETTA TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.,
 
                                           Intervenor.
 
        James A. Bensfield,  John Lloyd Rice,  Mary Lou Soller,  and
   Willard L. Boyd of Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, DC,
   counsel for Protester.
 
        Kenneth R.  Pakula, Avital  G. Zemel,  and Bruce  S. Binder,
   Office  of  General  Counsel,  Environmental  Protection  Agency,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
        W.  Stanfield Johnson,  Marc F.  Efron,  Raymond F.  Monroe,
   Robert P. Davis,  David Z. Bodenheimer and Peter  J. Lipperman of
   Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, counsel for Intervenor.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On October  2, 1992, Unisys Government  Systems Incorporated
   protested  the award by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
   of a contract for computer support  services to intervenor Martin
   Marietta Technical Services  Incorporated.  The contract  was for
   the operation  and maintenance  of EPA's  computer facilities  at
   Research  Triangle Park and other computing center; strategic and
   acquisition planning;  user  assistance;  software  and  database
   administration;   and   operation   and  maintenance   of   EPA's
   telecommunications facilities.  
 
        On November 4,  1992, in mid-discovery and  five days before
   the scheduled hearing on the  merits, protester filed a motion to
   withdraw the  protest with prejudice.   The other parties  do not
   object.   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