DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: July 9, 1993
                                                         
 
 
                             GSBCA 12443-P
 
 
                    PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
 
                                                Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                        SEVERN COMPANIES, INC.,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        Marie  N. Doland,  James J.  Tierney, and  James S.  Kurz of
   Hazel & Thomas, Falls Church, VA, counsel for Protester.
 
        Dalton Phillips, Office  of the General Counsel,  Department
   of Health  and Human  Services, Washington,  DC;  and Richard  S.
   Brown, Office  of the General  Counsel, Department of  Health and
   Human Services, Rockville, MD, counsel for Respondent.
 
        Richard J. Conway,  William M. Rosen, and Leticia  E. Flores
   of   Dickstein,  Shapiro  &   Morin,  Vienna,  VA,   counsel  for
   Intervenor.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  June 1, 1993,  Pyramid Technology Corporation  filed the
   instant  protest challenging the  Department of Health  and Human
   Services'  (HHS') award of  a contract under  solicitation number
   213-92-0007 to  Severn  Companies, Inc.,  for  computer  systems,
   software, and services for the Indian Health Service.  On July 8,
   1993,  protester and  respondent filed  a  joint stipulation  for
   voluntary dismissal without prejudice stating, in pertinent part:
 
        Pyramid  and HHS further  stipulate and agree  that the
        dismissal shall convert  to one with prejudice  on July
        28, 1993, unless any party requests reinstatement prior
        to that date.
 
        In the event the protest is reinstated, Pyramid and HHS
        stipulate and agree that HHS  shall suspend performance
        under the contract pending a decision on the merits and
        that  HHS retains  the  right to  raise  any issues  of
        timeliness that it could have raised before the date of
        this Agreement.
 
        Accordingly,  this protest  is DISMISSED  WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
   Rule 28(a).   This dismissal shall  convert to one with prejudice
   on  July 28,  1993, unless  either  party requests  reinstatement
   prior to that date.  The suspension of respondent's delegation of
   procurement authority lapses by its terms.
 
                                      _____________________________
                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                      Board Judge