DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE TO 
                    REINSTATEMENT: January 25, 1993 
                                                       
 
                             GSBCA 12263-P 
 
                COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                       DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
                                  and
 
                          LEGENT CORPORATION,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        William W.  Goodrich, Jr., and  Thomas W.A. Barham  of Arent
   Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Vienna, VA, and Matthew S. Perlman of
   Arent Fox  Kintner Plotkin &  Kahn, Washington,  DC, counsel  for
   Protester.
 
        Walter  Thomas,  Office  of  the  General  Counsel,  Defense
   Logistics Agency, Alexandria, VA, counsel for Respondent.
 
        Gerard F.  Doyle and Ron  R. Hutchinson of Doyle  & Bachman,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Intervenor.
 
   LaBELLA, Board Judge.
 
                                 Order
 
        Protester, Computer Associates International (CAI) filed the
   instant protest with  the Board on January 15,  1993.  On January
   21, 1993 protester filed a motion asking the Board to dismiss its
   protest without prejudice.   The purpose of the  dismissal was to
   allow  the  protester to  intervene  in  a  protest of  the  same
   procurement previously filed  with the General  Accounting Office
   (GAO).  The respondent objects to this request, but has indicated
   it  would not  object  to  CAI dismissing  with  prejudice.   The
   protester  has   agreed  to   a  dismissal   with  prejudice   to
   reinstatement at  the Board,  which addresses  respondent's basic
   objections to  the dismissal  without prejudice.   The  dismissal
   will  prevent  CAI  from  refiling  at this  Board,  but  is  not
 
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   considered a decision on the merits of the protest.
 
                                Decision
 
        The  protest is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE TO REINSTATEMENT AT
   THE BOARD.   This disposition  of the  case does not  address the
   merits of protester's position, but merely prevents refiling with
   this Board.
 
 
                                           ______________________
                                           VINCENT A. LaBELLA
                                           Board Judge