{"id":27361,"date":"2022-02-17T18:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27361"},"modified":"2022-02-19T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T14:04:38","slug":"ch20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/ch20\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch.20 – Other Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Ch.20 – Other Forums<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><u><strong>The Postal Board of Contract Appeals (PSBCA)<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 specifically establishes the <a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/who-we-are\/judicial\/welcome.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals<\/a>. \u00a041 USC 7105(d). \u00a0Although the \u00a0Rules of Practice Before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals (39 C.F.R. pt. 955) do not specifically mention the use of ADR, other\u00a0Postal Service authorities encourage it. \u00a0The Postal Service regulations state that the “Postal Service supports and encourages the use of alternative dispute resolution as an effective way to understand, address, and resolve conflicts with suppliers,” and encourages such efforts “be made before the issuance of a final decision on a claim . . . .” \u00a0Consistent with this regulation,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/manuals\/spp\/html\/spp10.htm#ep975569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clause B-9: Claims and Disputes (March 2006)<\/a> provides that when a\u00a0claim is submitted, “the parties by mutual consent may agree to use an [ADR] process to assist in resolving the claim.”<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The GAO Contract Appeals Board (GAO CAB)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rule 24 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/cabrulesjun2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> GAO\u00a0CAB\u00a0Rules<\/a> encourages the use of ADR. \u00a0As the rule states, “ADR with Board participation is available at the initiative of the Board or upon\u00a0the joint motion of both parties. Guidelines, procedures, and requirements for\u00a0implementing ADR will be prescribed by agreement of the parties and the Board. \u00a0Ordinarily, ADR will be performed by a Board member, designated by the Chairman of\u00a0the Board, that is not one of the three panel members deciding the dispute.” \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/cabrulesjun2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GAO CAB Rules<\/a>, Rule 24.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Contract Appeals<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 specifically establishes the TVA’s Board of Contract Appeals.\u00a0\u00a041 USC 7105(c). \u00a0The TVA Board of Contract Appeals is comprised of an indeterminate number of attorneys who serve as board members on a part-time basis. \u00a0 18 CFR 1308.21(b). \u00a0Contract disputes involving the TVA are subject to the regulations found at 18 CFR pt. 18. \u00a0These rules do not discuss the use of ADR.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27361\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}