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               DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  JUNE 7, 1994
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                             GSBCA 12827-P
 
                              SYTEL, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Pamela  J. Mazza, Andrew  P. Hallowell, Philip  M. Dearborn,
   and Frank C. Gulin of Piliero, Mazza & Pargament, Washington, DC,
   counsel for Protester.
 
        Alice   A.  Kelley   and  Dalton   Phillips,  Business   and
   Administrative Law  Division,  Office  of  the  General  Counsel,
   Department  of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, counsel
   for Respondent.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On May 9, 1994, Sytel Inc. protested the award of a contract
   by  the National  Institutes of  Health  for federal  information
   processing support services to another vendor.  The primary issue
   in this protest was how to reconcile the RFP's 60/40 weight given
   to the technical and cost  factors with the "best value" analysis
   permitted   by  the  RFP.     A  subsidiary   issue  was  whether
   respondent's cost/technical tradeoff was in accord with the RFP's
   60/40 weight given to technical and cost.  Protester also alleges
   that  the  technical  team improperly  underscored  its technical
   proposal. 
 
        The parties, conducting settlement negotiations which should
   be concluded by  June 17, desire  a dismissal without  prejudice.
   Pursuant to Rule 28, this protest is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
   to  be deemed  a dismissal  with  prejudice unless  reinstated no
   later than June 20, 1994.   
 
 
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                                 ANTHONY S. BORWICK
 
                                 Board Judge