DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: November 10, 1993
                                                            
 
 
                         GSBCA 12607-P, 12628-P
 
 
                  GONZALES CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.,
 
 
   Protester/Intervenor,
 
                  COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                  and
 
 
                     PRODUCTIVE DATA SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Intervenor,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
 
                                                Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                  SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC.,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        Pamela J. Mazza, Andrew P. Hallowell, and Antonio R.  Franco
   of  Piliero, Mazza  &  Pargament,  Washington,  DC,  counsel  for
   Protester/Intervenor Gonzales Consulting Services, Inc.
 
        Paralee White, Andrew Mohr, and Andrew Tenenbaum of  Cohen &
   White,  Washington,  DC,   counsel  for  Protester  Communication
   Network Services, Inc.
 
        Craig T.  Othmer  of Sommer  Fox  Udall Othmer  &  Hardwick,
   Santa Fe,  NM, counsel  for  Intervenor Productive  Data Systems,
   Inc.
 
        Jerry  A.  Walz,  Mark  Langstein,  Lisa  J.  Obayashi,  and
   F. Jefferson  Hughes, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for
   Finance and  Litigation, Department of Commerce,  Washington, DC,
   counsel for Respondent.
 
        Robert Ben, President of System Technology Associates, Inc.,
   Colorado Springs, CO, appearing for  Intervenor System Technology
   Associates, Inc.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  September  30,  1993,  and  October  7,  1993,  Gonzales
   Consulting  Services, Inc.  and  Communication Network  Services,
   Inc.,   respectively,  protested   the  award   selections  under
   solicitation numbers 52RANR400001, 52RANR400002, and 52RANR400003
   by   the  Department   of   Commerce  for   computer  operations,
   maintenance, administration,  and research services  for Forecast
   Systems Laboratory, Environmental Research Laboratories, National
   Oceanic  and  Atmospheric   Administration.    As  a   result  of
   representations made  during a  telephonic conference on  October
   25, 1993,  the  parties  agreed that  these  protests  should  be
   dismissed  without prejudice  to  reinstatement  by December  15,
   1993.
 
        Accordingly, these protests are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
   Rule 28(a).  This  dismissal shall convert to  one with prejudice
   on December  15, 1993,  unless any  party requests  reinstatement
   prior to that date.
 
                                      _____________________________
                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                      Board Judge