4 CFR § 21.13 - Nonstatutory protests.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t4/s21.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "4 CFR § 21.13 - Nonstatutory protests."
title_number: 4
title_name: "Accounts"
section_number: "21.13"
section_name: "Nonstatutory protests."
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROCEDURES"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "BID PROTEST REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3551-3556."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 39042, July 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "21"
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# 21.13 Nonstatutory protests.
(a) GAO will consider protests concerning awards of subcontracts by or for a Federal agency, sales by a Federal agency, or procurements by agencies of the government other than Federal agencies as defined in § 21.0(c) if the agency involved has agreed in writing to have protests decided by GAO.
(b) The provisions of this part shall apply to nonstatutory protests except for:
(1) Section 21.8(d) and (e) pertaining to recommendations for the payment of costs; and
(2) Section 21.6 pertaining to the withholding of award and the suspension of contract performance pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3553(c) and (d).
[61 FR 39042, July 26, 1996, as amended at 83 FR 13825, Apr. 2, 2018]