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               DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: October 19, 1994
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                             GSBCA 13010-P
 
                    INTEGRATED SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.,
 
                                        Protester, 
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
 
                                        Respondent.
 
        Shelton  H.  Skolnick,  Bruce Trimble,  Amy  M.  Hall, Wayne
   Finegar,  and  Amer Syed  of  Skolnick &  Leishman,  Derwood, MD,
   counsel for Protester.
 
        Lynn  Hawkins   Patton,  Office  of  the   General  Counsel,
   Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   VERGILIO, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On October  7, 1994,  Integrated Systems  Group, Inc.  filed
   this  protest involving actions of the respondent, the Department
   of  Commerce.   The protester  maintains that  it responded  to a
   Commerce Business Daily (CBD) notice  of intent to place an order
   under  a General  Services Administration  non-mandatory schedule
   contract  and   that  the   agency  proceeded   to  compete   the
   requirement, but improperly failed to notify the protester of the
   competition.
 
        In a joint settlement agreement,  the agency agrees to a re-
   competition to satisfy its requirements;  it intends to place  in
   the CBD a notice of the procurement action.  Further, the  agency
   does not stipulate  or admit to any  of the facts alleged  by the
   protester.   Additionally,  the  agency will  not  be liable  for
   protester's attorney fees.  The protester concurs in the agency's
   motion to dismiss the protest.
 
        The Board DISMISSES WITH  PREJUDICE the underlying  protest.
   The previously entered suspension of procurement authority lapses
   by  its terms.   40  U.S.C.   759(f)(3)  (1988); Order  (Oct. 14,
   1994).
 
 
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                                        JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
                                        Board Judge