[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 122 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32410-32411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15839]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 6101
RIN 3090-AF99
Board of Contract Appeals; Procedure Rules
AGENCY: Board of Contract Appeals, General Services Administration.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the intention of the General Services
Administration Board of Contract Appeals (the Board) to issue proposed
rules to implement section 5101 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Pub. L. 104-106) (the Act). Section 5101 of
the Act, which becomes effective August 8, 1996, eliminates the Board's
jurisdiction to hear and decide bid protests regarding procurements of
automatic data processing (ADP) equipment and services. The proposed
amendments to the Board's rules of procedure, when final, will
implement section 5101 by eliminating all references to bid protests in
those rules.
The proposed rules also described the techniques intended to
shorten and simplify, when appropriate, the formal proceedings normally
used by the Board to resolve contract disputes, and support the use of
alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in appropriate circumstances by
providing that the Board will make a Board Neutral available for an ADR
proceeding either before or after the issuance of a decision by a
contracting officer of any Government agency if a joint written request
is submitted to the Board by the parties.
The Board intends to issue final, revised rules after considering
all comments to the proposed amendments. The Board anticipates that, in
issuing revised rules, it will provide that the revisions do not apply
to protests pending on August 8, 1996, or to any motions or
applications resulting from such protests. Such cases would be governed
by the rules in effect at the time the underlying protests were filed.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 24, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from the Office
of the Clerk of the Board, GSA Board of Contract Appeals, 18th & F
Streets, N.W., Washington, DC 20405, (202)
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500001-0116. Additionally, an electronic version of the text may be
obtained from http://www.gsa.gov/gsbca. Written comments may be mailed
to Margaret S. Pfunder, GSA Board of Contract Appeals, 18th & F
Streets, N.W., Washington, DC 20405, or sent electronically by using
the following Internet address: Margaret.Pfunder@gsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret S. Pfunder, Deputy Chief
Counsel, GSA Board of Contract Appeals, telephone (202) 501-0272,
facsimile machine (202) 501-3510.
Dated: June 18, 1996.
Stephen M. Daniels,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 96-15839 Filed 6-21-96; 8:45 am]
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