DISMISSED: October 7, 1994
                                                 
 
 
                             GSBCA 13001-P
 
 
                     TELE-TECTOR OF MARYLAND, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        William A. Beale, Baltimore, MD, counsel for Protester.
 
        Donald  M.  Suica  and  Greg  M.  Weinman,  Office  of Chief
   Counsel,  Internal Revenue  Service, Department of  the Treasury,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman). 
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On October  4, 1994,  Tele-Tector of  Maryland, Inc.  (Tele-
   Tector),  protested the  award by  the  Department of  Treasury's
   Internal  Revenue  Service  (IRS) of  a  contract  for  an access
   control system  for the IRS  headquarters building.   The protest
   complained  that the  agency's determination  that the  awardee's
   proposal  represented  the  best  value  to  the  Government  was
   arbitrary  and capricious, in that Tele-Tector's proposal met all
   mandatory  requirements and was  priced twenty percent  less than
   the awardee's.
 
        On the morning of  October 7, the  agency filed a motion  to
   dismiss  the  case for  lack  of  jurisdiction.   The  motion  is
   premised on the theory that  the protested procurement is not for
   automatic data processing equipment,  and thus is not  subject to
   the Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act, 40 U.S.C.   759 (1988),
   under  which the  Board has  protest  jurisdiction.   The parties
   discussed  this motion  during a  prehearing  conference held  on
   October 7.
 
        Later on  October 7, Tele-Tector filed a  motion to withdraw
   the protest.
 
        As requested by protester, this case is now DISMISSED.  Rule
   28.
 
                                      _________________________
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge