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              DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  December 15, 1992
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                             GSBCA 12117-P
 
                      LAPTOPS FALLS CHURCH, INC.,
 
                                           Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
 
                                           Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                     COMPULINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
 
                                           Intervenor.
 
        Ross W.  Dembling and Daniel S.  Koch of Kurz Koch  Doland &
   Dembling, Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        George M. Beasley, III,  Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
   Division, Department of Justice, counsel for Respondent.
 
        G. K. Quoquoi, President  of Compuline International,  Inc.,
   New York, NY, appearing for Intervenor.
 
   PARKER, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        Laptops Falls Church, Inc. filed this protest with the Board
   on  October  14, 1992,  protesting  the terms  of  a solicitation
   issued   by   the   Justice  Department's   Federal   Bureau   of
   Investigation for automatic data processing equipment.
 
        On  December 14, the Board received the parties' stipulation
   of dismissal, and settlement agreement, which reads as follows:
 
                        STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL
 
                  Pursuant to Rule  28(a)(1), protester Laptops
             Falls Church,  Inc. and  respondent United  States
 
             Department of Justice  stipulate that this protest
             may and  should  be dismissed  with prejudice,  in
             accordance  with   the  terms   of  the   attached
             Settlement Agreement.
 
                          SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
 
                  This  settlement  agreement is  entered  into
             between Laptops Falls Church, Inc. ("Laptops") and
             the   United   States    Department   of   Justice
             ("respondent") which stipulate as follows:
 
                  1.   Laptops filed a protest with the General
             Services Administration Board  of Contract Appeals
             ("GSBCA"  or "Board")  against  Federal Bureau  of
             Investigation  ("FBI")  Solicitation  No. RFP-6178
             ("the  Solicitation"),  docketed by  GSBCA  as No.
             12117-P.
 
                  5.[foot #] 1   R  e  s  p  o  n  d  e  n  t
             acknowledges  that the  protest  filed by  Laptops
             alleged  violation  of   statute,  regulation  and
             delegation of procurement authority.
 
                  4.   Laptops and  respondent wish  to resolve
             the  above-described  litigation  without  further
             litigation.
 
                  3.   In order  to settle the issues raised in
             the protest, respondent has agreed to make changes
             to the solicitation that  are detailed in Appendix
             A to this Settlement Agreement.
 
                  6.   Although  respondent  does  not  concede
             that all of  Laptops' allegations  in the  protest
             have  merit,  it  concedes   that  Laptops  is   a
             "prevailing  party" for the purpose of an award of
             costs  pursuant to 40 U.S.C.   759 and Rules 35-36
             of the Rules of the Board.
 
                  7.   In   consideration   of   their   mutual
             promises, Laptops and respondent agree as follows:
 
                       a.   Upon signature  of this  Settlement
             Agreement, Laptops  and  respondent  will  file  a
             stipulation  that  the   Board  may  dismiss  with
             prejudice  GSBCA  No.  12117-P.   A  copy  of this
             Settlement  Agreement  will  be  attached  to  the
             stipulation of dismissal  and may be published  by
                                                                    
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   appears in the settlement agreement filed by the parties.
 
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             the Board in its discretion.
 
                       b.   Within a reasonable  time after the
             dissolution of the suspension of the delegation of
             procurement authority  by the Board, the  FBI will
             issue  an  amendment  to  the  solicitation   that
             incorporates the changes outlined in the Appendix.
 
                       c.   Laptops will file a motion with the
             Board for  an award  of costs,  including attorney
             fees,  pursuant to Rule 35.  Laptops may represent
             in that  motion that respondent agrees  to respond
             to  the motion within  10 days.   Laptops may also
             represent  in its motion  that any award  of costs
             should specify that payment of  the award is to be
             made  by check payable  to "Laptops  Falls Church,
             Inc. /Kurz, Koch, Doland & Dembling."
 
                       e.   This Settlement Agreement, in which
             Appendix  A  is fully  incorporated,  contains the
             entire  agreement  and understanding  between  the
             parties concerning the  resolution of this matter,
             and  no promise, inducement,  or oral statement of
             any   kind  is  to  be  considered  part  of  this
             Settlement Agreement.
 
        This  protest is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE in accordance with
   the  settlement  agreement.    Rule 28(a).    The  suspension  of
   respondent's delegation  of procurement  authority lapses by  its
   terms.
 
                                      _____________________________
                                      ROBERT W. PARKER
                                      Board Judge