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              DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  November 16, 1992
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                             GSBCA 12116-P
 
                          RMTC SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,
 
                                                 Respondent.
 
        Jeff Stollman,  President of RMTC  Systems, Inc.,  appearing
   for Protester.
 
        L.  James Gardner, Office  of Counsel, Naval  Supply Center,
   Jacksonville,  FL,  and Eric  A. Lile,  Office of  Counsel, Naval
   Supply Systems Command, Arlington, VA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   HENDLEY, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
 
        On October 14,  1992, the Board docketed a  protest filed by
   RMTC Systems, Inc. (RMTC).  RMTC protested the rejection of  its 
   offer as nonresponsive by the respondent, Department of the Navy,
   under  solicitation  N68836-92-B-0146,  for  the  procurement  of
   automatic data processing  equipment by the Naval  Supply Center,
   Jacksonville,  Florida.  The  protester alleged in  its complaint
   that "The Government  procurement procedure has violated  the FAR
   [Federal Acquisition Regulation]  statutes by failing to  make an
   award to the lower responsive, responsible bidder." 
 
        On October 19, we held a prehearing telephone conference for
   the purpose  of establishing a  plan for  further proceedings  in
   this  protest.    The  respondent's   delegation  of  procurement
   authority  was  suspended  during the  conference.    The parties
   elected  to  proceed in  accordance  with  Board Rule  11,  which
   provides for a decision on  the written record without a hearing.
   Rule 11 briefs were due to the Board on November 20.
 
        On  November 16,  we  received  the  protester's  motion  to
   withdraw its protest, which states, in part:
 
        RMTC  Systems, Inc. (RMTC) moves this Board to withdraw
        the above captioned  protest, predicated on  new infor-
        mation   obtained   in    Respondent's   RESPONSES   TO
        PROTESTER'S FIRST SET  OF INTERROGATORIES, REQUEST  FOR
        PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS.
 
        In its RESPONSES, Respondent raised new and  meaningful
        objections  to   shortcomings  in   RMTC's  descriptive
        literature.  RMTC, therefore, sees no reason to further
        pursue this protest. 
 
        On November 16, the respondent  informed this Board that  it
   had no objection to the dismissal of this protest.
 
        Accordingly,  the  motion  is granted,  and  the  protest is
   DISMISSED WITH  PREJUDICE.   Rule 28(a).   The suspension  of the
   respondent's delegation of  procurement authority  lapses by  its
   own terms.
 
 
 
         
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                                 JAMES W. HENDLEY
                                 Board Judge