DISMISSED:  August 22, 1995
                                                     
 
 
                             GSBCA 13365-P
 
 
               LAPTOPS, TOWSON, INC. d/b/a LAPTOPS, ETC.,
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Edward  C. Dow,  President of  LAPTOPS,  Towson, Inc.  d/b/a
   LAPTOPS, etc., Towson, MD, appearing for Protester.
 
        Col. Nicholas  P. Retson, Lt.  Col. David S.  Franke, Thomas
   Duffy,  and Capt.  Bryant S.  Banes,  Office of  the Chief  Trial
   Attorney,  Department of  the Army,  Arlington,  VA, counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On August  10, 1995,  LAPTOPS, Towson,  Inc. d/b/a  LAPTOPS,
   etc. (LAPTOPS)  filed this  protest with the  Board.   LAPTOPS is
   protesting  the terms and specifications of a solicitation issued
   by  respondent,  Department of  the  Army,  alleging  them to  be
   unclear,  materially  ambiguous, and  unduly  restrictive of  the
   competition.   Before the  Board could convene  the parties  in a
   prehearing conference, the  parties advised that the  protest had
   been settled, and  on August 17, protester filed  a withdrawal of
   its protest with the Board.  Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 28(a),
   this protest is DISMISSED.
 
                                      ______________________
                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge