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            DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  December 30, 1998
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                             GSBCA 12282-P
 
 
                           PRICE WATERHOUSE,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                       DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Robert G. Bugge of Price Waterhouse, Washington, DC, counsel
   for Appellant.
 
        Albert  J. Calluso, Office  of the General  Counsel, Defense
   Personnel Support Center,  Defense Logistics Agency,  Alexandria,
   VA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On February 1, 1993, Price Waterhouse protested the award to
   a  competitor   of   a   contract   for   computerized   clothing
   manufacturing   by the respondent, Defense Logistics  Agency.  We
   convened a  prehearing conference and set a schedule of pre-trial
   proceedings.    As  part  of  the  schedule,  we  set  dates  for
   submission  of respondent's motion to dismiss for untimely filing
   and protester's reply.  Price Waterhouse had been eliminated from
   the  competitive  range some  months  before  the  filing of  the
   protest, and had waited for a post-award debriefing before filing
   its protest.
 
        On February 8,  instead of a motion to  dismiss for untimely
   filing, the Board received a joint motion for voluntary dismissal
   of the  protest without  prejudice.   Pursuant to  Rule 28(a)(1),
   this  protest is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, to be automatically
   converted into  a  dismissal  with  prejudice  unless  reinstated
   within ten working days of the date of this order.  
 
 
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                            ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                            Board Judge