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             DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  January 13, 1993
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                             GSBCA 12239-P
 
               JAMES MARTIN GOVERNMENT CONSULTING, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        David T. Ralston, Jr. of Leonard, Ralston,  Stanton & Danks,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        Pamela  J.  Reiner,  Office  of   General  Counsel,  General
   Services Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   PARKER, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On December 28, 1992, the Board received this protest  filed
   by  James Martin Government Consulting, Inc. (JMGC), protesting a
   decision by the  General Services Administration to  exclude JMGC
   from  the  competitive range  in  an open  season  procurement of
   automatic  data  processing  services  under  the  multiple award
   schedule program.
 
        On January 11,  1993, the Board received  the parties' joint
   motion for dismissal of the protest, which provided as follows:
 
             Respondent, the  General Services  Administration,
             and Protester, James Martin Government Consulting,
             Inc., jointly request that  the Board dismiss this
             protest without prejudice, with each party to bear
             its own costs.
 
        In accordance with the request by  the parties, this protest
   is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.  Rule 28(a).  The dismissal shall
   convert to  a  dismissal with  prejudice  on February  19,  1993,
   unless the protest is refiled prior to that date.
 
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                                   ROBERT W. PARKER
                                   BOARD JUDGE