DISMISSED:  February 8, 1995
                                                       
 
 
                            GSBCA 13168-P  
 
 
                         LORAL SYSTEMS COMPANY,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
             NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                     GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION,
 
                                                Intervenor.
 
        Stanley  R. Soya,  Paul F.  Khoury,  and David  A. Vogel  of
   Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        Vincent  A. Salgado, Office of the General Counsel, National
   Aeronautics  and   Space  Administration,  Washington,   DC;  and
   Allison K. Lawrence, Office  of the Chief Counsel,  Goddard Space
   Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, counsel for Respondent.
 
        James  J. McCullough, Joel R. Feidelman, Deneen J. Melander,
   and  Brian  "D"  Henretty  of  Fried,  Frank,  Harris, Shriver  &
   Jacobson,  Washington,  DC;   and  Grant  L.  Clark   of  Science
   Applications International  Corporation, San  Diego, CA,  counsel
   for Intervenor.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On January  24, 1995,  Loral Systems  Company protested  the
   intended   award   by   the   National  Aeronautics   and   Space
   Administration  (NASA) to General Sciences Corporation (GSC) of a
   support services contract  for the Ocean Color Program.   GSC has
   intervened in  this protest as  an intervenor of right.   Loral's
   grounds  of protest  are: (a) NASA  failed to  evaluate technical
   proposals in accordance with stated evaluation criteria; (b) NASA
   failed to downgrade  GSC under certain factors  of the evaluation
   criteria as set forth in the solicitation; and (c) NASA failed to
   evaluate  offerors equally  in  its  cost  analysis  of  proposed
   indirect rates.
 
 
        On  February 6, 1995,  protester withdrew its  complaint and
   requested  that  this   protest  be  dismissed  with   prejudice.
   Respondent  and  intervenor  have  no  objection  to  protester's
   request.   Accordingly, pursuant to  Rule 28(a), this  protest is
   DISMISSED.  The Board's  order suspending respondent's delegation
   of procurement authority lapses by its own terms.
 
                                      ______________________
                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge