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31 U.S.C. § 3555 — Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions

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31 U.S.C. § 3555 — Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions

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**(a)** The Comptroller General shall prescribe such procedures as may be necessary to the expeditious decision of protests under this subchapter, including procedures for accelerated resolution of protests under the express option authorized by [section 3554(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3554/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim). Such procedures shall provide that the protest process may not be delayed by the failure of a party to make a filing within the time provided for the filing. **(b)** The procedures shall provide that, in the computation of any period described in this subchapter— (1) the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run not be included; and (2) the last day after such act, event, or default be included, unless— (A) such last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday; or (B) in the case of a filing of a paper at the Government Accountability Office or a Federal agency, such last day is a day on which weather or other conditions cause the closing of the Government Accountability Office or Federal agency, in which event the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday shall be included. **(c) Electronic Filing and Document Dissemination System.—** (1) **Establishment and operation of system.—** — The Comptroller General shall establish and operate an electronic filing and document dissemination system under which, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller General— (A) a person filing a protest under this subchapter may file the protest through electronic means; and (B) all documents and information required with respect to the protest may be disseminated and made available to the parties to the protest through electronic means. (2) **Imposition of fees.—** (A) *In general.—* — The Comptroller General may require each person who files a protest under this subchapter to pay a fee to support the establishment and operation of the electronic system under this subsection, without regard to whether or not the person uses the system with respect to the protest. (B) *Amount.—* — The Comptroller General shall establish (and from time to time shall update) a schedule setting forth the amount of the fee to be paid under subparagraph (A). (3) **Treatment of amounts collected.—** (A) *Establishment of account.—* — The Comptroller General shall maintain a separate account among the accounts of the Government Accountability Office for the electronic system under this subsection, and shall deposit all amounts received as fees under paragraph (2) into the account. (B) *Use of amounts.—* — Amounts in the account maintained under this paragraph shall be available to the Comptroller General, without fiscal year limitation, solely to establish and operate the electronic system under this subsection. **(d)** The Comptroller General may use any authority available under chapter 7 of this title and this chapter to verify assertions made by parties in protests under this subchapter.

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10 U.S.C. § 8752 — Contracts for research

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy and, by direction of the Secretary, the Chief of Naval Research and the chiefs of bureaus may, without advertising, make contracts or amendments or modifications of contracts for services and materials necessary to conduct research and to make or secure reports, tests, models, or apparatus. A contractor supplying such services or materials need not be required to furnish a bond. **(b)** This section does not authorize the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting.

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10 U.S.C. § 4751 — Determinations and decisions

**(a) Individual or Class Determinations and Decisions Authorized.—** Determinations and decisions required to be made under any chapter 137 legacy provision by the head of an agency may be made for an individual purchase or contract or, except to the extent expressly prohibited by another provision of law, for a class of purchases or contracts. Such determinations and decisions are final. **(b) Written Findings Required.—** (1) Each determination or decision under section 3531(a), 3803, or 3841(c)(2)(B) of this title shall be based on a written finding by the person making the determination or decision. The finding shall set out facts and circumstances that support the determination or decision. (2) Each finding referred to in paragraph (1) is final. The head of the agency making such finding shall maintain a copy of the finding for not less than 6 years after the date of the determination or decision.

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31 U.S.C. § 3553 — Review of protests; effect on contracts pending decision

**(a)** Under procedures prescribed under [section 3555 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3555&num=0&edition=prelim), the Comptroller General shall decide a protest submitted to the Comptroller General by an interested party. **(b)** (1) Within one day after the receipt of a protest, the Comptroller General shall notify the Federal agency involved of the protest. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a Federal agency receiving a notice of a protested procurement under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall submit to the Comptroller General a complete report (including all relevant documents) on the protested procurement— (A) within 30 days after the date of the agency’s receipt of that notice; (B) if the Comptroller General, upon a showing by the Federal agency, determines (and states the reasons in writing) that the specific circumstances of the protest require a longer period, within the longer period determined by the Comptroller General; or (C) in a case determined by the Comptroller General to be suitable for the express option under [section 3554(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3554/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), within 20 days after the date of the Federal agency’s receipt of that determination. (3) A Federal agency need not submit a report to the Comptroller General pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection if the agency is sooner notified by the Comptroller General that the protest concerned has been dismissed under [section 3554(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3554/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c)** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of

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31 U.S.C. § 3554 — Decisions on protests

**(a)** (1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Comptroller General shall provide for the inexpensive and expeditious resolution of protests under this subchapter. Except as provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Comptroller General shall issue a final decision concerning a protest within 100 days after the date the protest is submitted to the Comptroller General. (2) The Comptroller General shall, by regulation prescribed pursuant to [section 3555 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3555&num=0&edition=prelim), establish an express option for deciding those protests which the Comptroller General determines suitable for resolution within 65 days after the date the protest is submitted. (3) An amendment to a protest that adds a new ground of protest, if timely made, should be resolved, to the maximum extent practicable, within the time limit established under paragraph (1) of this subsection for final decision of the initial protest. If an amended protest cannot be resolved within such time limit, the Comptroller General may resolve the amended protest through the express option under paragraph (2) of this subsection. (4) The Comptroller General may dismiss a protest that the Comptroller General determines is frivolous or which, on its face, does not state a valid basis for protest. **(b)** (1) With respect to a solicitation for a contract, or a proposed award or the award of a contract, protested under this subchapter, the Comptroller General may determine whether the solicitation, proposed award, or award complies with statute and regulation. If the Comptroller General determines that the solicitation, proposed award, or award does not comply with a statute or regulation, the Comptroller Gener

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31 U.S.C. § 3555 — Regulations; authority of Comptroller

Page 297 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 3555 Stat. 2255; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, § 867, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1862.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is classified to section 632(a) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. AMENDMENTS 2013—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 112–239 inserted at end ‘‘The report shall also include a summary of the most prevalent grounds for sustaining protests during such preceding year.’’ 2009—Subsec. (b)(1)(C) to (H). Pub. L. 111–84 added subpar. (C), redesignated former subpars. (C) to (G) as (D) to (H), respectively, and substituted ‘‘, (E), and (F)’’ for ‘‘, and (E)’’ in subpar. (G). 1996—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5501(2)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘100 days’’ for ‘‘125 days’’. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, § 4321(d)(3), substituted ‘‘section 3553(d)(3)(C)(i)(I)’’ for ‘‘section 3553(d)(2)(A)(i)’’. Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5501(2)(B)(i), sub- stituted ‘‘Government Reform and Oversight’’ for ‘‘Government Operations’’. Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, § 5501(2)(B)(ii), sub- stituted ‘‘100 days’’ for ‘‘125 days’’. 1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–355, § 1403(a)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘125 days after’’ for ‘‘90 working days from’’. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103–355, § 1403(a)(2), substituted ‘‘65 days after’’ for ‘‘45 calendar days from’’. Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 103–355, § 1403(a)(3), (4), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4). Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–355, § 1403(b)(1), added par. (3). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–355, § 1403(b)(2), amended sub- sec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ‘‘(c)(1) If the Comptroller General determines that a solicitation for a contract or a proposed aw

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