10 U.S.C. § 3306 — 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.