41 USC § 3706 - Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution

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title: "41 USC § 3706 - Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "3706"
section_name: "Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "AWARDING OF CONTRACTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3773.)"
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# § 3706. Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3773.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3706 | 41:253b(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. |