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            DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  December 12, 1994
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                             GSBCA 13099-P
 
 
                                FEDOPT,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        James J. Weyand of FedOpt,  Jersey Shore, PA, appearing  for
   Protester.
 
        Elizabeth Nagy, Office of General Counsel, Federal Bureau of
   Prisons,  Department of  Justice,  Washington,  DC,  counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On December 5,  1994, FedOpt filed with the  Board a protest
   regarding a procurement being conducted by the Federal Bureau  of
   Prisons  for optometric  services  to  be  provided  at  the  Low
   Security   Correctional   Institution   located   in   Allenwood,
   Pennsylvania.    On  December  6,  1994,  the  Board  convened  a
   telephone conference to explain to protester that the  Board does
   not  have jurisdiction to  entertain this protest.   Since FedOpt
   has  also protested  to  the  General  Accounting  Office  (GAO),
   protester requested that the Board  dismiss this protest so as to
   permit the matter to proceed at GAO.  
        In accordance  with  protester's request,  this  protest  is
   DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.  Rule 28(a).
 
 
 
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                                      CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                      Board Judge