{"id":27339,"date":"2022-02-17T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27339"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:23:21","slug":"ch11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/ch11\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch.11 – ODRA Protests"},"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.11 – ODRA Protests<\/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><strong><u>Protest Authority<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/go\/odra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition<\/a> (ODRA) hears protests\u00a0regarding solicitations and contracts issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).\u00a0 Unlike other agencies, the FAA operates its own acquisition system that is not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).\u00a0 The FAA’s system is called the <a href=\"http:\/\/fast.faa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Acquisition Management System<\/a> (AMS).\u00a0It implements the FAA Administrator’s authority found in 49 USC 40110(d).\u00a0 The same\u00a0statute expressly exempts the FAA from the Competition in Contracting Act, the Small Business Act, the FAR and related statutes.\u00a0<em> Id<\/em>. at 40110(d)(2).\u00a0 As a result, the FAA is not subject to the\u00a0jurisdiction\u00a0of other\u00a0acquisition\u00a0tribunals.\u00a0 Instead, the\u00a0statue\u00a0requires the AMS to, “provide for . . . the resolution of\u00a0bid\u00a0protests\u00a0and contract disputes related thereto, using\u00a0consensual\u00a0alternative dispute resolution techniques to the maximum extent\u00a0practicable.”\u00a0 <em>Id<\/em>. at 40110(d)(1)(B).\u00a0 If ADR does not result in a resolution, the statute vests the ODRA\u00a0with exclusive authority to adjudicate both protests and contract disputes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>(4)\u00a0 Adjudication of certain bid protests and contract disputes.<\/strong> — A bid protest or contract dispute that is not addressed or resolved through alternative dispute resolution shall be adjudicated by the Administrator through the Dispute\u00a0Resolution\u00a0Officers\u00a0or Special Masters of the Federal Aviation Administration Office of\u00a0Dispute\u00a0Resolution for Acquisition, acting pursuant to\u00a0sections 46102, 46104, 46105, 46106 and 46107 and shall be\u00a0subject\u00a0to judicial review\u00a0under\u00a0section 46110 and\u00a0to\u00a0section 504 of title 5.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>49 USC\u00a040110(d)(4).\u00a0 The ODRA implements the statute through its <a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ODRA-Procedural-Regulation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Procedural Regulation, found at 14 CFR pt. 17<\/a>, as revised\u00a0in October of 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Initiating ADR at the ODRA<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The ODRA’s regulation, at Sec. 17.15, describes how to file a protest.\u00a0 Within five days after filing a protest, the ODRA will convene an initial status conference to discuss\u00a0preliminary matters such as requests for suspension of the award, protective orders, or intervention.\u00a0 Every conference also includes the opportunity to discuss ADR possibilities with an Administrative Judge\/Dispute Resolution Officer who is designated to serve exclusively as an ADR Neutral for the protest.\u00a0 Unlike the practice at GAO, the ODRA’s designated ADR Neutral will not have\u00a0a role in the adjudication of the protest if it is not resolved in ADR.\u00a0 Although the ODRA has arbitration authority, most cases use either <a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-mp\/\">ODRA sponsored mediation<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-ene\/\">ODRA sponsored early neutral evaluation<\/a>.\u00a0 In all matters that use ADR, the parties and the neutral execute an <a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ADR-Agreeement-Protest-FAA-ODRA.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADR agreement<\/a>, which subsequently is filed with the ODRA.\u00a0 Similarly, settlement agreements are typically used to resolve a dispute unless a party decides unilaterally to take appropriate action.\u00a0 For example, a settlement agreement is not necessary if the protester decides to withdraw the protest voluntarily, or the agency takes unilateral corrective action.<\/p>\n<div><strong>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-mp\/\">Mediation at the ODRA<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-ene\/\">Early Neutral Evaluation at the ODRA<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/go\/odra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The ODRA website<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grayLine\"><\/div>\n<p>Subpages <span id=\"subpages-total-number\">(2):<\/span> <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-ene\/\">ODRA Early Neutral Evaluation<\/a> | <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/11-odra-mp\/\">ODRA Mediation in Protests<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div 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