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                        GRANTED:  June 29, 1993
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                         GSBCA 12274-C(12021-P)
 
                          AST RESEARCH, INC.,
 
                                                     Intervenor,
 
                                   v.
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
 
                                                     Respondent.
 
 
        William W. Goodrich and John J. O'Brien of Arent Fox Kintner
   Plotkin  & Kahn,  Washington,  DC,  counsel  for  Intervenor  AST
   Research, Inc.
 
        Clarence D.  Long, III  and Joseph  M. Goldstein,  Office of
   General Counsel,  Department of  the Air  Force, Washington,  DC,
   counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges HENDLEY, HYATT, and VERGILIO.
 
   HYATT, Board Judge.
 
        Pursuant to  Rule 35 of  the Board's Rules of  Procedure, on
   January 22, 1993, AST Research, Inc. timely moved for an award of
   protest  costs  in  the  amount of  $36,814.14.    The underlying
   protests,  in which  AST intervened, challenged  an award  by the
   Department of  the Air Force of a contract to Zenith Data Systems
   Corporation  for  the  acquisition  of  microcomputer  systems to
   support general purpose  applications, including standard  office
   automation   functions  such   as  word  processing,   data  base
   management, and  business graphics.   The award was made  under a
   procurement commonly referred  to as "Desktop IV."  Four protests
   were  filed by CompuAdd  Corporation (GSBCA  12021-P), Electronic
   Data  Systems Corporation  (GSBCA  12028-P), Government  Services
   Technology, Inc. (GSBCA 12041-P), and Apple Computer, Inc. (GSBCA
   12042-P).   AST  actively  intervened  in  support  of  all  four
   protests, and supported the grounds  upon which the protests were
   ultimately granted.  See CompuAdd  Corp. v. Department of the Air
   Force,  GSBCA 12021-P,  et al.,  1993 BPD    48, at  5 (Dec.  23,
   1992). 
 
 
        In a  letter dated  June 23, 1993,  the parties  advised the
   Board  that  they  have reached  an  agreement  that seventy-five
   percent of the costs originally claimed by AST should be awarded.
   The parties  have thus  requested that the  Board issue  an order
   awarding  the  amount  of  $27,610.64  to  AST.    Based  on  the
   settlement agreement and our independent review of the supporting
   documentation  submitted by  AST  with its  motion, we  find that
   these  costs  were  proper  and  reasonable.    Sterling  Federal
   Systems, Inc. v.  National Aeronautics and Space  Administration,
   GSBCA  10000-C(9835-P),   92-3  BCA    25,118,  1992  BPD    141.
   Accordingly, we  grant  AST's motion  for  costs in  the  revised
   amount agreed upon by the parties.
 
                                Decision
 
        Protester's motion, as  amended by the settlement  agreement
   of  the parties,  for reimbursement  of  costs in  the amount  of
   $27,610.64 is GRANTED.  This award may be paid, without interest,
   from the  permanent indefinite  judgment fund,  31 U.S.C.    1304
   (1988).  40 U.S.C.   759(f)(5)(C) (1988).
 
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                                    CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                    Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   JAMES W. HENDLEY                 JOSEPH A. VERGILIO
   Board Judge                      Board Judge