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              DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  November 17, 1992
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                             GSBCA 12169-P
 
                       UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,
 
                                                 Respondent.
 
        Satish Attawar, Senior Vice President of University Systems,
   Inc., Milpitas,  CA,  and Keith  W.  Griffen, Vice  President  of
   University   Systems,   Inc.,   Portland,   OR,   appearing   for
   Intervenor.
 
        Eric A. Lile,  Office of the  General Counsel, Naval  Supply
   Systems Command, Arlington, VA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   HENDLEY, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
         On November 12, 1992, the Board docketed a protest filed by
   University Systems,  Inc. (USI).   USI protested  the award  of a
   contract   for   automatic  data   processing   equipment,  under
   solicitation  number  N00163-92-R-0436,   to  International  Data
   Products Corporation by  the respondent, Department of  the Navy,
   at  the  Naval Air  Warfare Center,  Indianapolis, Indiana.   The
   protester  alleged that the respondent violated the provisions of
   "41   U.S.C.  Sec. 253b(d)(4);   and  FAR   [Federal  Acquisition
   Regulation] 15.605 and 15.609(a)" in eliminating its offer.  
 
         On  November 13,  the  Board  received  USI's  request  for
   withdrawal of its protest.
 
         Accordingly, the protest is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  Rule
   28(a).
 
 
 
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                                JAMES W. HENDLEY
                                Board Judge