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FAR 15.504 Award to successful offeror.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells the contracting officer to award a contract to the successful offeror by giving that offeror the signed contract or another notice of award. It also sets out what must happen when the award differs from the offeror's latest signed proposal, when only some items are being awarded, and when certain standard award forms are not used.

Applies to: Contracting officers awarding contracts, and the successful offerors receiving them

What it requires

  • The contracting officer shall award the contract to the successful offeror by furnishing the executed contract or other notice of award.
  • If the award document includes information different from the latest signed proposal (as amended by the offeror's written correspondence), both the offeror and the contracting officer shall sign the contract award.
  • When awarding less than all items and withholding additional items for later award, each notice shall state that the Government may make subsequent awards on those additional items within the proposal acceptance period.
  • If OF 307, SF 26, or SF 33 is not used, the first page of the award document shall contain the Government's acceptance statement from Block 15 of that form (excluding the Item 3 reference language) and the contracting officer's name, signature, and date; if the award document differs from the signed

Key terms: successful offeror · contracting officer · executed contract · notice of the award · proposal acceptance period

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The contracting officer shall award a contract to the successful offeror by furnishing the executed contract or other notice of the award to that offeror.

(a) If the award document includes information that is different than the latest signed proposal, as amended by the offeror's written correspondence, both the offeror and the contracting officer shall sign the contract award.

(b) When an award is made to an offeror for less than all of the items that may be awarded and additional items are being withheld for subsequent award, each notice shall state that the Government may make subsequent awards on those additional items within the proposal acceptance period.

(c) If the Optional Form (OF) 307, Contract Award, Standard Form (SF) 26, Award/Contract, or SF 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award, is not used to award the contract, the first page of the award document shall contain the Government's acceptance statement from Block 15 of that form, exclusive of the Item 3 reference language, and shall contain the contracting officer's name, signature, and date. In addition, if the award document includes information that is different than the signed proposal, as amended by the offeror's written correspondence, the first page shall include the contractor's agreement statement from Block 14 of the OF 307 and the signature of the contractor's authorized representative.

Sections that refer to it

← 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors. · 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 15

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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