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              DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: August 1, 1994
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                             GSBCA 12914-P
 
 
                 NORTHWEST COMMUNICATION SERVICE, 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  26, 1994,  Northwest Communication  Service, Inc.,
   protested solicitation  number 101-17-94 issued by the Department
   of Veterans  Affairs (VA) for  a voice/data telephone  system for
   the VA Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.  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