baierle Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Has anyone heard of contracting officer requiring contractor to sign block 19 of SF26 before CO/KO will sign block 20 to award the document? I think CO/KO is confused with SF30 modifications when she insists contractor sign first. Any guidance on this will be helpful because right now, I am baffled..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjthomas Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Normally, If an offer from a solicitation leads to further changes, the resulting contract is prepared as a bilateral document on SF 26, Award/Contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Yes, the normal practice is the contractor signs block 19 first and returns the contract to the government. Then the CO signs block 20. As far as I know, there's no written requirement for this order. It's just the standard practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 4.101 Contracting officer?s signature. Only contracting officers shall sign contracts on behalf of the United States. The contracting officer?s name and official title shall be typed, stamped, or printed on the contract. The contracting officer normally signs the contract after it has been signed by the contractor. The contracting officer shall ensure that the signer(s) have authority to bind the contractor (see specific requirements in 4.102 of this subpart). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 4.101 Contracting officer?s signature. Only contracting officers shall sign contracts on behalf of the United States. The contracting officer?s name and official title shall be typed, stamped, or printed on the contract. The contracting officer normally signs the contract after it has been signed by the contractor. The contracting officer shall ensure that the signer(s) have authority to bind the contractor (see specific requirements in 4.102 of this subpart). Well, at least I got the normal part right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baierle Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 thank you very much... The more I know, the more I realize that I don't know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajuncharlie Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 My practice is to send the Contracting Officer the requested signature with a note stating that here is the contractor's acceptance signature on the document offered by the government. If any of them picked up on what I wrote, none of them has responded to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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