DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE: January 11, 1995
                                                          
 
 
                             GSBCA 13130-P
 
 
                         DAKOTA SERVICES, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Lyle Moe, Grand Forks, ND, counsel for Protester.
 
        Clarence D. Long, III, Office of General Counsel, Department
   of the Air Force, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman). 
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On  December 27,  1994, Dakota  Services,  Inc., filed  this
   protest against the award by the Department of the Air Force of a
   contract for the provision of fire protection services.  
 
        Upon receipt  of the  complaint, the  Board issued  an order
   noting that its  protest jurisdiction is limited  to procurements
   for automatic  data processing equipment  (ADPE), suggesting that
   the subject of this procurement does  not appear to be ADPE,  and
   directing  protester to  show cause  why the  case should  not be
   dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.  
 
        At   a  telephonic  conference  held  on  January  4,  1995,
   protester's counsel  responded by stating that he had intended to
   file the protest with the  General Accounting Office, rather than
   the Board, and  withdrawing the protest.  He  said that protester
   has no objection to a dismissal of the case and agreed to confirm
   this position in a letter to us.
 
        Notwithstanding  subsequent  oral  promises  by  counsel  to
   provide  such a  letter,  no  filing has  been  made.   In  these
   circumstances, the Board DISMISSES THE PROTEST WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
   with  the dismissal  to be  converted  to one  with prejudice  on
   January 18,  1995, unless a motion to reinstate the case is filed
   prior to that date.
 
                                      _________________________
                                      STEPHEN M. DANIELS
                                      Board Judge