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             DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  November 29, 1994
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                             GSBCA 13077-P 
 
 
                     PRODUCTIVE DATA SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
 
                                                Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                  COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        Craig  T. Othmer of  Sommer, Fox, Udall,  Othmer, Hardwick &
   Wise, Santa Fe, New Mexico, counsel for Protester.
 
        John   A.  Herrick,  Chief  Counsel,  Golden  Field  Office,
   Department of Energy, Golden, CO, counsel for Respondent.
 
        Alan  M. Grayson and  Hugh J. Hurwitz of  the Law Offices of
   Alan M. Grayson, McLean, VA, counsel for Intervenor.
 
   NEILL, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        This  protest was  filed by  Productive  Data Systems,  Inc.
   (PDS), on  November 17, 1994.   It concerns agency  actions taken
   under a solicitation  for automatic data processing  equipment by
   the Department of Energy.  
 
        On November  23, 1994,  the parties advised  the Board  that
   they had agreed  to dismiss this  protest without prejudice  with
   the following understanding:
 
        1.   Protester,  PDS, will be debriefed on December 5, 1994,
   at the offices of the contracting officer.
 
        2.   Respondent will not  take action to award  the contract
   until December 16, 1994.
 
        3.   Protester  agrees to withdraw its protest so long as it
   is debriefed on December 5, 1994.
 
        Accordingly,  this protest  is DISMISSED  WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
   Rule 28(b).  In the event no  motion to reinstate this protest is
   filed  within thirty  days of  December 16, 1994,  this dismissal
   shall be deemed to be with prejudice upon the  expiration of that
   thirty day period.
 
 
 
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                                      EDWIN B. NEILL
                                      Board Judge