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       GSBCA 13100-P DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: December 15, 1994
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                         GSBCA 13087-P, 13100-P
 
 
                             ANSTEC, INC.,
 
                                  and
 
                     PRODUCTIVE DATA SYSTEMS, INC.,
 
                                           Protesters/Intervenors,
 
                                  and
 
                      CAELUM RESEARCH CORPORATION,
 
                                                      Intervenor,
 
                                   v.
 
                     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
 
                                                      Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                MODERN TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED,
 
                                                      Intervenor.
 
        James  J. Regan, David  D. Ruttinger, David  Z. Bodenheimer,
   and  Christopher M. Farris  of Crowell &  Moring, Washington, DC,
   counsel for Protester/Intervenor Anstec, Inc.
 
        Ronald S.  Perlman and  Ellen F.  Randel of  Porter, Wright,
   Morris & Arthur, Washington, DC, counsel for Protester/Intervenor
   Productive Data Systems, Inc.
 
        Michael  R. Hatcher  and John  E. Jensen  of  Shaw, Pittman,
   Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, DC, counsel for Intervenor Caelum
   Research Corporation.
 
        Cathryn  G.  Cason  and  A.  L.  Haizlip,  Federal  Aviation
   Administration, Department of Transportation,  Oklahoma City, OK,
   counsel for Respondent.
 
        Michael W. Clancy, Richard P. Rector, and Kevin P. Mullen of
   Pettit  & Martin, Washington,  DC, counsel for  Intervenor Modern
   Technology Systems, Incorporated.
 
   WILLIAMS, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  November 28, 1994, Anstec, Inc. (Anstec) filed a protest
   challenging the  Department of  Transportation, Federal  Aviation
   Administration's    (FAA's)    award     of    contract    number
   DTFA-02-95-D-95305  for  federal information  processing  support
   services to  intervenor Modern  Technology Systems,  Incorporated
   (MTS).  On December 5,  1994, Productive Data Systems, Inc. (PDS)
   filed   a   notice   of   intervention   in   Anstec's   protest,
   GSBCA 13087-P, and asserted  independent protest grounds  against
   the award to MTS.   On December 13, 1994,  PDS filed a notice  of
   withdrawal of its protest, stating in part:
 
        PDS has  decided to  withdraw its  independent protest.
        Accordingly,  PDS  hereby  requests withdrawal  of  its
        protest [in] GSBCA  No. 13100-P.  PDS does  not wish to
        withdraw as Intervenor in GSBCA No. 13087-P.
 
        Accordingly, PDS' protest, GSBCA 13100-P,  is DISMISSED WITH
   PREJUDICE.      Rule 28(a).[foot #] 1      PDS   remains  as   an
   intervenor in the protest of Anstec, GSBCA 13087-P.
 
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                                      MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
                                      Board Judge
 
                                                                    
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        [foot #] 1  58 Fed. Reg. 69,263 (1993) (to be codified at 48
   CFR 6101.28)