[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]



=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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)

[[Page 32411]]

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.P[email protected].

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]
BILLING CODE 6820-34-M