[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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



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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.