3801.1 District agencies shall attempt to resolve all disputes arising under or relating to contracts by mutual agreement after informal discussions between the contractor and the contracting officer.

3801.2 Each District contract shall contain a disputes clause, approved by the Chief Procurement Officer ("CPO"), providing for resolution of disputes in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

3801.3 Any dispute arising under or relating to a contract which is not resolved by informal discussions between the contracting officer and the contractor pursuant to §3801.1 may be treated as a claim and pursued under the appropriate provisions of the Act and this chapter.

3801.4 Claims by the District government against a contractor shall be decided by the contracting officer in accordance with §803 of the Act (D.C. Official Code §2-308.03) and §3802 of this chapter.

3801.5 Claims by a contractor against the District government shall be filed with and decided by the contracting officer in accordance with §805 of the Act (D.C. Official Code §2-308.05) and §3803 of this chapter.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1708 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 9348 (October 11, 2002) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 1050 (January 31, 2003) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3205 (April 25, 2003) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 9271 (October 31, 2003) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 1432 (February 6, 2004).