{"id":27402,"date":"2022-02-17T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27402"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:34:35","slug":"09-ald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/09-ald\/","title":{"rendered":"Agency-Level Determinations"},"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;\">Agency-Level Determinations<\/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\"><div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p><strong><u>Who Adjudicates the Agency-Level Protest<\/u>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Depending on the agency, the\u00a0contracting officer\u00a0or an individual above the\u00a0contracting officer\u00a0with independent decision authority, may adjudicate the protest.\u00a0If the protest is decided by the contracting officer, the offeror may request that the agency\u00a0provide for appellate review of the contracting officer\u2019s decision by an independent decision authority.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong><u>What Procedures are Involved in an Agency-Level Protest<\/u>?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>No agency report is required\u00a0to be compiled for an agency-level protest.\u00a0 However,\u00a0some agencies permit creation of an agency report pursuant to their own agency rules.\u00a0 Whether the\u00a0offeror is permitted to submit a response or reply to the agency report is dependent upon agency-specific rules.\u00a0 Protesters are not entitled to seek source-selection documents relevant to the procurement.\u00a0 Rather, the FAR states that the parties \u201cmay\u201d exchange relevant information.\u00a0 In addition, the successful awardee\u00a0and other\u00a0offerors are not entitled to intervene in the agency protest, although\u00a0the agency could\u00a0permit the awardee to submit comments if the agency finds a need or a benefit in doing so.\u00a0 Pursuant to FAR 33.103(g), the contracting officer should make his or her best effort\u00a0to render a decision within 35 days.\u00a0 The decision is provided only to the protester; it is not published.\u00a0 In the event that the contracting officer cannot render a decision within that\u00a0time, the contracting officer is obligated to keep the protesting offeror apprised of when a decision will be\u00a0forthcoming.\u00a0 During the pendency of an agency-level protest, the procurement should be stayed if timely filed in accordance with FAR 33.103(f)(3).<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>What is the Available Relief<\/u>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>The agency may take any action, including corrective action, or grant any remedy that could be recommended by the Comptroller General if the protest had been filed with GAO.\u00a0 Agencies may also pay protest costs under the same standards that allow costs to be paid to a prevailing party in a GAO protest.\u00a0 <em>See <\/em>FAR 33.102(b)(1).<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/27402"}],"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=27402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27402\/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=27402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}