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             DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE:  October 15, 1992
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                             GSBCA 12064-P
 
 
 
             INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS CORPORATION,
 
                                                     Protester,
 
                                   v.
 
             NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                     Respondent,
 
                                  and
 
                          SYSCON CORPORATION,
 
                                                     Intervenor.
 
        William A. Roberts, III and  Lee Curtis of Howrey and Simon,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Protester.
 
        Christopher  M. Runkel  and Luis  A.  Vidal, Legal  Services
   Staff  (NXL),  National  Archives   and  Records  Administration,
   Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
        Arthur  M.  Rayman, Contracts  Manager,  Syscon Corporation,
   Washington, DC, appearing for Intervenor.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
                           ORDER OF DISMISSAL
 
        Information Systems & Networks  Corporation (ISN) filed this
   protest concerning  a procurement  by the  National Archives  and
   Records Administration  (NARA) for  the acquisition  of automatic
   data processing equipment (ADPE) and services on October 1, 1992.
   Two other protests involving this procurement had previously been
   filed by  HFS Inc., on  September 11, 1992, and  Lockheed Sanders
   Inc., on September 18, 1992.  After several telephone conferences
   were convened  to discuss the  matter it was determined  that the
   ISN protest would not be consolidated with the other two.
 
        ISN and NARA have now filed with the Board a joint motion to
   dismiss  without prejudice  and  a  settlement  agreement.    The
   agreement provides in pertinent part:
 
             The parties  agree  to  dismiss  the  ISN  protest
        without prejudice to the right of ISN  to reinstate its
        protest after  a decision by the Board  in the protests
        of HFS, Inc. and Lockheed Sanders, Inc.  Upon execution
        of  this agreement, the  parties will jointly  move the
        Board to achieve this result.
 
             In the  event that  the protest of  either HFS  or
        Lockheed  is  sustained   and  NARA   (1)  amends   the
        solicitation  requirements, (2)  amends the  evaluation
        criteria, and/or (3)  requests a further round  of best
        and   final  offers,  NARA  agrees  to  permit  ISN  to
        participate in the procurement as reopened and submit a
        best and final offer.  
 
             In the event that the protests of HFS and Lockheed
        are  denied  or  dismissed or  the  procurement  is not
        reopened as described in paragraph 2, ISN will have the
        right within three working days  of receiving a copy of
        the  decision to reinstate  its protest in  its present
        form and continue the protest process to a decision  on
        its merits.   If ISN reinstates its protest:   (1) NARA
        will  not be  subject to  a  suspension of  performance
        under the Syscon contract and (2) NARA limits its right
        to contest  the timeliness of  the ISN  protest to  the
        timeliness  of  the  protest  as  originally  filed  on
        October 1, 1992.
 
             Nothing  in this Agreement waives the right of any
        party  to  allege  the  collateral estoppel  effect  of
        decisions in the HFS and Lockheed protests.
 
                                Decision
 
        Accordingly,  this protest  is DISMISSED  WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
   This dismissal  shall convert  to one  with prejudice unless  the
   protest is reinstated  by either party within  three working days
   after ISN receives a copy of the Board's decision or decisions in
   the protests of HFS and Lockheed.  Rule 28(a).
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                                           CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                           Board Judge