DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: March 8, 1994
                                                        
 
 
                             GSBCA 12756-P
 
 
                           BIOSPHERICS, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                  and
 
                      ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
 
                                                Intervenor,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
 
                                                Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                       NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        Steven L. Briggerman, Eric J. Marcotte, and G. Matthew Koehl
   of  Seyfarth,  Shaw,  Fairweather  &  Geraldson,  Washington, DC,
   counsel for Protester.
 
        Philip J. Davis  and Phillip H. Harrington of  Wiley, Rein &
   Fielding,  Washington, DC; and  David B. Boodt,  USA Group, Inc.,
   Fishers, IN, counsel for Intervenor Academic Technologies, Inc.
 
        Frances C. Moran and Jeffrey  C. Morhardt, Office of General
   Counsel,  Department of  Education, Washington,  DC, counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
        David S. Cohen, William F.  Savarino, and G. Brent Connor of
   Cohen  & White, Washington,  DC, counsel for  Intervenor National
   Computer Systems.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  February  14,  1994,  Biospherics,  Inc.   (Biospherics)
   protested  the  award  of a  contract  under  solicitation number
   RFP-93-037  to National  Computer Systems  by  the Department  of
   Education  (DOE)  for  equipment and  services  to  support DOE's
   Public Inquiry and  Debt Collection Services.  On  March 7, 1994,
   Biospherics filed a motion to dismiss the protest with prejudice,
   based  upon  information  obtained through  the  Rule 4  File and
   discovery.
 
        Accordingly,  this  protest  is  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE.
   Rule 28.
 
                                      _____________________________
                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                      Board Judge