{"id":27473,"date":"2022-02-17T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27473"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:04:46","slug":"08-afedp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/08-afedp\/","title":{"rendered":"AF Extended Debriefings"},"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;\">AF Extended Debriefings<\/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>There are three simple reasons to pursue an extended debriefing: (1) avoid protest litigation; (2) avoid mission disruption; and (3) become better prepared in the event that protest litigation proves to be unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>While some may believe that providing more information to an unsuccessful offeror increases the likelihood of a protest, the success stories demonstrate otherwise.\u00a0 Even where an unsuccessful offeror elects to submit a protest following an extended debriefing, the agency has found itself better poised to defend against that protest.\u00a0 Moreover, preparing for an extended debriefing enables the contracting officer, source selection team and their counsel to re-examine the decision-making process and ascertain if any critical mistakes exist.\u00a0 The extended debriefing also limits a protester\u2019s ability to speculate about why it did not receive award because the protestor\u2019s outside counsel has been given all the relevant facts during the extended debriefing.\u00a0 The extended debriefing frequently narrows the issues that can be protested.<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, using an extended debriefing provides a win-win benefit for both the government and an unsuccessful offeror.\u00a0 Through this transparent process, the unsuccessful offeror is provided reassurance that its proposal was treated fairly and properly evaluated.\u00a0\u00a0The extended debriefing also provides for more efficient resolution of potential protest issues in a much shorter time frame than if the protester had proceeded to litigate at either the GAO or COFC.\u00a0 In turn, the government reaps huge rewards by avoiding protracted litigation and mission disruption, and by securing the protester\u2019s confidence in the source selection evaluation and contract award process.<\/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\/27473"}],"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=27473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27473\/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=27473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}