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            DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  November 19, 1993
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                             GSBCA 12651-P
 
 
                      LAPTOPS FALLS CHURCH, INC.,
 
                                                   Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
 
                                                   Respondent.    
 
        Ross  M. Dembling  and Dorn  C.  McGrath, III  of Holland  &
   Knight, Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        Alton  E. Woods,  Division  of General  Law,  Office of  the
   Solicitor, Department  of the  Interior, Washington,  DC, counsel
   for Respondent.
 
   HENDLEY, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On October 21,  1993, the Board docketed a  protest filed by
   Laptops  Falls Church, Inc. (Laptops).   Laptops alleged that the
   respondent,  Fish  &  Wildlife Service,  U.S.  Department  of the
   Interior, Hadley,  Massachusetts, failed  to  award the  contract
   under  solicitation  number   IFB  FWS5-93-051  "to  the   lowest
   responsive,  responsible  bidder,"  in  violation  of  applicable
   statute and regulation.
 
        On November 18,  1993, we received a signed  joint motion to
   dismiss without prejudice from the parties.  It states:
 
             COMES  NOW, Respondent,  Fish &  Wildlife Service,
        U.S. Department  of the Interior and Protester, Laptops
        Falls  Church,  Inc.,  (d/b/a  Laptops,  etc.),  hereby
        jointly  move  to  have  the  above  captioned  protest
        dismissed  without  prejudice.    Such dismissal  shall
        convert to one with prejudice ten days from the date of
 
        granting of  this motion  unless either party  notifies
        the Board in writing.
 
        In accordance with the agreement of the parties, the protest
   is  hereby  DISMISSED   WITHOUT  PREJUDICE.    Rule  28(a).    On
   November 29, 1993, this dismissal shall become one with prejudice
   unless either party has requested  reinstatement by the Board  on
   or  before  that  date.    The  suspension  of  the  respondent's
   delegation of procurement authority lapses by its own terms. 
 
                                  
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                                    JAMES W. HENDLEY
                                    Board Judge