[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR17.31]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 17--PROCEDURES FOR PROTESTS AND CONTRACTS DISPUTES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Alternative Dispute Resolution
 
Sec. 17.31  Use of alternative dispute resolution.


    (a) The Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition shall encourage 
the parties to utilize ADR as their primary means to resolve protests 
and contract disputes.
    (b) The parties shall make a good faith effort to explore ADR 
possibilities in all cases and to employ ADR in every appropriate case. 
The Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition will encourage use of 
ADR techniques such as mediation, neutral evaluation, or minitrials, or 
variations of these techniques as agreed by the parties and approved by 
the Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition. The Office of Dispute 
Resolution for Acquisition shall assign a DRO to explore ADR options 
with the parties and to arrange for an early neutral evaluation of the 
merits of a case, if requested by any party.
    (c) The Default Adjudicative Process will be used where the parties 
cannot achieve agreement on the use of ADR; or where ADR has been 
employed but has not resolved all pending issues in dispute; or where 
the Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition concludes that ADR will 
not provide an expeditious means of resolving a particular dispute. Even 
where the Default Adjudicative Process is to be used, the Office of 
Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, with the parties consent, may employ 
informal ADR techniques concurrently with and in parallel to 
adjudication.