{"id":27476,"date":"2022-02-17T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27476"},"modified":"2022-02-18T08:07:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:07:36","slug":"22-sc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/22-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Statutory Considerations"},"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;\">Statutory Considerations<\/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>Guidance as to when to use–or not use–ADR may be found within the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ADRAof1990-US-Statutes-at-Large.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (ADRA) of 1990<\/a>\u00a0itself. \u00a0Federal contracting personnel are required by the\u00a0ADRA of 1996\u00a0to give consideration to specifically stated factors which, if present in a particular case, weigh against ADR use.\u00a0 It must be emphasized that the\u00a0ADRA of 1996\u00a0does not prohibit the use of ADR in cases where any or all the factors are present.\u00a0 In every case, the presence or absence of the defined factors should be reviewed and taken into consideration by the contracting professional.\u00a0 The\u00a0ADRA\u00a0factors are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Whether a decision by an adjudicating body is needed by the agency for precedential value<\/li>\n<li>Whether a significant issue of government policy requiring development in the law is present in the case<\/li>\n<li>Whether maintaining an established policy or avoiding variations in decisions is of special importance<\/li>\n<li>Whether the dispute involves parties that would not be parties to the ADR<\/li>\n<li>Whether it is important to develop a full public record in the case<\/li>\n<li>Whether the agency has a significant jurisdictional need to maintain control of the matter or to alter the ADR outcome<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ADRA-Codification2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 USC 572(b)<\/a>. \u00a0Another situation where ADR is inappropriate is when there may be issues relating to fraud.\u00a0\u00a0A Contracting Officer lacks authority to settle issues related to fraud.\u00a0\u00a0The Department of Justice (DOJ) has the authority to resolve fraud matters.\u00a0\u00a0If a contract dispute involves elements or allegations of fraud, it must be referred to DOJ.<\/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\/27476"}],"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=27476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27476\/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=27476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}