United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2008_register executive 2010-09-22 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c80937b7 D09002ee1c8093843 United States Government Accountability Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is proposing to amend its Bid Protest Regulations, promulgated in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), to implement the requirements in sec. 326 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, enacted on January 28, 2008, and to make certain administrative changes. Regarding sec. 326 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the proposed amendments to GAO's Bid Protest Regulations implement the legislation's provisions related to the bid protest process concerning Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, as revised on May 29, 2003. In this regard, the legislation expands the protest rights of Federal employees in an A-76 competition to grant "any one individual" who represents the majority of affected employees the status of an "interested party" to file a protest at GAO or the status of an intervenor to participate in a protest filed at GAO, to remove the current restriction limiting protests of A-76 competitions to those competitions affecting 65 or more full-time equivalent employees of a Federal agency, and to allow a protest of a decision to convert a function performed by Federal employees to private sector performance without a competition. At this time, GAO believes that these proposed revisions are the only regulatory changes necessary to implement the statutory requirements expanding the protest rights of Federal employees in an A-76 competition. Regarding administrative changes, the proposed amendments to GAO's Bid Protest Regulations are to reflect current practice and to streamline the bid protest process. GAO welcomes comments on these proposed revisions. 73 FR 15098 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-03-21/E8-5621 E8-5621 fr21mr08-19 1610-02-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-03-21/E8-5621 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-03-21/html/E8-5621.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-03-21/pdf/E8-5621.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Appeals Bid Protest Regulations Government Contracts 4 p. 15098 15101 73 FR 15098 Title 4 Part 21 4 CFR Part 21 Government Accountability Office, Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, Government Contracts; Federal Register Vol. 73, Issue PRORULE E8-5621 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 2008-04-21 1610-02-P E8-5621 Proposed rule.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is proposing to amend its Bid Protest Regulations, promulgated in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), to implement the requirements in sec. 326 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, enacted on January 28, 2008, and to make certain administrative changes. Regarding sec. 326 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the proposed amendments to GAO's Bid Protest Regulations implement the legislation's provisions related to the bid protest process concerning Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, as revised on May 29, 2003. In this regard, the legislation expands the protest rights of Federal employees in an A-76 competition to grant "any one individual" who represents the majority of affected employees the status of an "interested party" to file a protest at GAO or the status of an intervenor to participate in a protest filed at GAO, to remove the current restriction limiting protests of A-76 competitions to those competitions affecting 65 or more full-time equivalent employees of a Federal agency, and to allow a protest of a decision to convert a function performed by Federal employees to private sector performance without a competition. At this time, GAO believes that these proposed revisions are the only regulatory changes necessary to implement the statutory requirements expanding the protest rights of Federal employees in an A-76 competition. Regarding administrative changes, the proposed amendments to GAO's Bid Protest Regulations are to reflect current practice and to streamline the bid protest process. GAO welcomes comments on these proposed revisions.

Comments must be submitted on or before April 21, 2008. Michael R. Golden (Managing Associate General Counsel), Ralph O. White (Assistant General Counsel) or Jonathan L. Kang (Senior Attorney), 202-512-3315. Administrative Practice and Procedure Appeals Bid Protest Regulations Government Contracts Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, and Government Contracts, bidprotestregs@gao.gov protests@gao.gov http://www.gao.gov/legal/bidprotest.html Vol. 73, no. 56 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2008-03-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 345 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-03-21 P0b002ee180937478 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21mr08 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-03-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-03-21/pdf/FR-2008-03-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-03-21/xml/FR-2008-03-21.xml fdlp 15051 15385 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2008-03-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2008-03-21 73 56