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              DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  July 28, 1993
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                             GSBCA 12497-P
 
                     LOXFORD TRAVEL SERVICES, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Carlton  H. Joseph,  President of  Loxford  Travel Services,
   Inc., appearing for Protester.
 
        Clarence  D. Long,  III,  Office  of  the  General  Counsel,
   Department   of  the  Air  Force,  Washington,  DC,  counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  July   19,  1993,  Loxford  Travel   Services  (Loxford)
   protested the  award of a contract  by the Department  of the Air
   Force to Rodgers  Travel Incorporated/Carlson  Travel Network  of
   Dayton,  Ohio,   for  travel   office  services   to  serve   the
   requirements of Dover  Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware.   On July
   21,  protester  filed  a letter  requesting    withdrawal of  the
   protest because another offeror had filed a protest,  raising the
   same  grounds as  Loxford's protest,  at  the General  Accounting
   Office.  Respondent  does not object.  Pursuant  to Rule 28(a)(1)
   and  the agreement  of  the parties,  this  protest is  DISMISSED
   WITHOUT PREJUDICE, to  be automatically converted to  a dismissal
   with prejudice if  not reinstated within  ten calendar days  from
   the date of this dismissal.
 
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                                           ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                           Board Judge