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              DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: August 1, 1994
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                             GSBCA 12913-P
 
 
                   THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BANK, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Sam Gdanski, Montebello, NY, counsel for Protester.
 
        Philip Kauffman, Merilee Rosenberg, and Dennis Foley, Office
   of General Counsel, Department  of Veterans Affairs,  Washington,
   DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
                                 ORDER
 
        On  July  25,  1994,  The   Telecommunications  Bank,  Inc.,
   protested solicitation  number 101-18-94 issued by the Department
   of Veterans  Affairs (VA) for  a voice/data telephone  system for
   the VA  Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.   On July 29, 1994,
   the  parties filed  a joint  motion to  dismiss stating  that the
   various disputes had been settled and requesting that the protest
   be dismissed without  prejudice, with each  side bearing its  own
   costs.
 
 
        Accordingly, this  protest is  DISMISSED WITHOUT  PREJUDICE.
   As provided in Rule 28(b)  this case shall be deemed to have been
   dismissed with  prejudice 10 working  days from the date  of this
   order.   58  Fed. Reg. 69,263  (1993) (to  be codified at  48 CFR
   6101.28).
 
 
 
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                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
 
                                      Board Judge