{"id":27400,"date":"2022-02-17T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27400"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:37:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:37:06","slug":"09-amcpp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/09-amcpp\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Materiel Command Protest Program"},"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;\">Army Materiel Command Protest Program<\/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>The Headquarters of the Army Materiel Command (HQAMC) has an HQAMC-level protest program that is managed by the HQAMC Command Counsel.\u00a0\u00a0A\u00a0standard clause included in all AMC solicitations and contracts makes bidders and offerors aware of this program.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An HQAMC protest is a \u201cprotest to the agency\u201d within the meaning of FAR 33.103.\u00a0 The HQAMC-level protest program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an ADR forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum.<\/p>\n<p>Under this program, protests can be filed with the contracting officer\u00a0(or other official at the contracting command designated to receive protests) or they can be filed directly with the HQAMC Command Counsel.\u00a0 \u00a0If the protest is filed with AMC within GAO’s automatic stay period, the contracting officer must suspend performance, unless an override of the automatic stay is granted by HQAMC, based on the best interests of the United States.\u00a0 Because decisions in AMC-level protests are issued so quickly, HQAMC has never lifted a stop-work order in the history of the program.<\/p>\n<p>The advantages to the unsuccessful offeror of filing a protest under the HQAMC-level protest program are: (1) AMC applies the same rules that apply in GAO protests, including the requirement to issue a stop-work order until the protest is resolved; (2) AMC will issue a decision within 35 days of filing whereas the GAO has 100 days to issue a decision; (3) there is virtually no cost associated with filing a protest with AMC since the offeror does not need to hire an attorney and can file a protest by email; and (4) AMC provides the same remedies that are available at the GAO. \u00a0If AMC determines that a protest has merit, the subordinate contracting office is required to take corrective action.\u00a0 Even if AMC denies or dismisses the protest, AMC’s decision will address the merits of the protest so that the bidder or offeror fully understands the basis for the decision.\u00a0 Moreover, if the offeror is not satisfied with AMC’s decision in the protest, a subsequent protest can be filed with GAO or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, the U.S. Office of Federal Procurement Policy formally recognized the HQAMC-level protest program as an outstanding acquisition ADR program in the federal government.\u00a0\u00a0Since then, the program has successfully resolved several hundred protests with, on average, 85 percent of offerors electing not to file additional protests with GAO or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.\u00a0 Offerors who file protests under the HQAMC-level protest program like it because it affords all of the remedies available at GAO in much less time and at much less cost.\u00a0 AMC leadership, program managers, and contracting officers like it because it keeps decision-making in-house, yields decisions quickly, and produces finality in the majority of cases.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the HQAMC-level protest program, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amc.army.mil\/Connect\/Legal-Resources\/\">AMC Command Counsel\u2019s <\/a>website.<\/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\/27400"}],"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=27400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27400\/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=27400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}