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                     DISMISSED:  September 26, 1994
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                             GSBCA 12977-P,
 
                     UNGERMANN-BASS NETWORKS, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,
 
                                           Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                             XYPLEX, INC.,
 
                                           Intervenor.
 
        Gerard F. Doyle of Doyle  & Bachman, Washington, DC, counsel
   for Protester.
 
        Eric  A. Lile,  Office  of  Counsel,  Naval  Supply  Systems
   Command, Arlington, VA; Lucie-Anne Dionne Thomas, Naval  Undersea
   Warfare Center, Newport, RI, counsel for Respondent.
 
        David E. Lurie  of Mintz, Levin,  Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky  and
   Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA, counsel for Intervenor.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  September 16,  1994, Ungermann-Bass  Networks,  Inc. (UB
   Networks), filed a  protest against the  Department of the  Navy,
   Naval  Undersea  Warfare  Center Division  (Navy).    UB Networks
   alleged  that the  Navy's  award to  Xyplex,  Inc., violated  the
   request  for  proposals'  requirement  for thirty-one  management
   processor   modules  with  flash  memory  cards;  that  the  Navy
   conducted inadequate discussions;  and that  the Navy  improperly
   permitted  Xyplex  to  revise its  proposed  quantities  and unit
   prices  for  the  management module  processor  module  and flash
   memory card.
 
        On  September 22,  1994, protester  and  respondent filed  a
   joint motion  to dismiss  the protest.   Respondent has  issued a
   stop work order to  Xyplex and will amend the solicitation to re-
   open  discussions and  to establish  a date  when best  and final
   offers (BAFOs) would be due.   Respondent agrees to terminate the
   existing contract to Xyplex for convenience if a different result
   is reached following evaluation of the BAFOs.  If the same result
   is reached, the stop work order  will be lifted and the  contract
   modified to reflect any changes made in Xyplex's BAFO.  Protester
   and respondent agree that  nothing in the joint motion  precludes
   protester's right to submit a  protest cost claim or respondent's
   right to oppose the claim.  Intervenor Xyplex has not objected to
   this settlement.
 
 
        Pursuant to Rule  28(a)(1) and the  request of the  parties,
   this protest is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  
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                                      ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                      Board Judge