Bremen,
I have a few answers for you:
Award Date ? means the contract, purchase order, delivery order, modification by the Federal Government Contracting Officer confirming an agreement between all parties has been achieved.
Effective date ? The date on which the award will become effective.
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GUIDELINES FOR USING THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL ITEM FORMAT
COMPLETING SF-1449 FOR CONTRACTS/PURCHASE ORDERS
The basic concept with commercial item solicitations is that
1) offerors will submit their signed offers,
2) we will evaluate and select an awardee,
3) we will fill in the remaining blanks on the form, as appropriate, and
4) we will sign the offer to make a contract.
From time to time, there will be some variations on this basic concept, as outlined below.
The remaining blocks of the SF-1449 will need to be filled in as follows:
BLOCK
1 Requisition No. Completed as part of the solicitation.
Page 1 of Revise to indicate the total number of pages in the contract, including all attachments. This is something you will have to do last, after the total number is known.
2 Contract number Insert the contract or purchase order number, e.g., Tpd-97-C-0012 or PD 970542.
3 Award/Eff. Date Insert the effective date. This will be on or after the date the Contracting Officer signs the contract or purchase order.
4 Order No. Leave blank. For purchase orders, the number goes in block 2.
5 Solicitation No. Completed as part of the solicitation.
6 Sol. Issue Date Completed as part of the solicitation.
7a Name Completed as part of the solicitation.
7b Telephone No. Completed as part of the solicitation.
8 Due date/time Completed as part of the solicitation.
10 This Acq. is ... Completed as part of the solicitation.
11 Delivery for FOB This will almost always be left blank
12 Discount Terms This is where the offeror fills in to offer us a discount for prompt payment. If they put this information elsewhere in their offer, add it in this block, too. If no discount was offered, insert "Net 30."
13 Rated Order Leave blank; we have no rated orders.
14 Method of Sol. Completed as part of the solicitation.
15 Deliver to Completed as part of the solicitation.
17a Contractor/Offeror The offeror should have completed this; if not insert the offeror's company name and address.
17b Check if ... The offeror should have completed this, if they had a different address for remittance. If the offeror included another address for remittance, but did not mark this block, mark it to so indicate.
18 Payment... Do not mark.
19-24 Schedule It is imperative that this part of the contract/purchase order contain a clear and accurate description of the items we are acquiring. If there is a conflict between this and any other part of the contract, this part takes precedence. The offeror should have completed this part. If the offeror provided this information in an alternative form, you should add it here. Remember that the way items are shown here should match the way we will be invoiced.
25 Accounting and ... Select the appropriate accounting data from the menu and insert the amount obligated at award for the base period of the contract.
26 Total Award Amount Insert the total dollar figure the contract can amount to if all options are exercised.
27a Solicitation ... Completed as part of the solicitation.
27b Contract ... Mark this box for contracts. Also mark one of the boxes to indicate whether or not addenda to the FAR clauses are part of the contract.
28. CO's discretion.
29. CO's discretion.
30. The contractor is required to sign block 30 a, and Print or type name and title in 30 b, 30 c. CO's discretion.
31. The contracting officer is required to complete blocks 31 a through 31c just as the contractor did in blocks 30 a through 30c.