{"id":27424,"date":"2022-02-17T18:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27424"},"modified":"2022-02-18T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:11:31","slug":"10-adrpt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/10-adrpt\/","title":{"rendered":"GAO ADR Practice Tips"},"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;\">GAO ADR Practice Tips<\/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>Since the ADR provided by GAO is unique to that forum, practitioners should keep the following tips in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADR does not toll the requirement in the Competition in Contracting Act\u00a0(CICA)\u00a0that the protest be resolved within 100 calendar days.<\/li>\n<li>The parties may request ADR, or GAO may sua sponte decide to offer it.<\/li>\n<li>The GAO attorney who conducts the ADR will be the same attorney who writes the final decision if the ADR fails.<\/li>\n<li>ADR is generally provided orally and may not be recorded.<\/li>\n<li>It may be helpful for clients to participate in ADR; however, the parties should be mindful of limitations imposed by protective orders.<\/li>\n<li>ADR may be used in a protest, request for reconsideration, or cost claim.<\/li>\n<li>GAO may provide partial ADR at the discretion of the GAO attorney if some, but not all, of the protest issues are appropriate for resolution through ADR.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/ch10\/\">three types of ADR<\/a>\u00a0(outcome prediction, litigation risk, and negotiation assistance), a GAO attorney may, at any time, provide informal feedback regarding the protest issues.<\/li>\n<li>ADR at GAO is a flexible process that may be tailored to the individual circumstances of each protest, so communication with the GAO attorney handling the protest is essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/27424"}],"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=27424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27424\/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=27424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}