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41 U.S.C. § 3706

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution
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Title
41 — Public Contracts
Chapter
STI/DC/CH37
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include a provision encouraging the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques to provide informal, expeditious, and inexpensive procedures for an offeror to consider using before filing a protest, prior to the award of a contract, of the exclusion of the offeror from the competitive range (or otherwise from further consideration) for that contract. (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3773.) Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 370641:253b(h).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 303B(h), as added Pub. L. 104–106, title XLI, § 4104(b)(3), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 645.

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