---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 12.204"
title: "48"
number: "12.204"
heading: "Solicitation/contract form."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/12.204"
---

# §12.204. Solicitation/contract form.

- (a)
  - (1) The contracting officer shall use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, if—
    - (i) The acquisition is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold;
    - (ii) A paper solicitation or contract is being issued; and
    - (iii) Procedures at 12.603 are not being used.
  - (2) Use of the SF 1449 is nonmandatory but encouraged for commercial acquisitions not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.
- (b) Consistent with the requirements at 5.203 (a) and (h), the contracting officer may allow fewer than 15 days before issuance of the solicitation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 86 FR 61022, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 86 FR 61022, Nov. 4, 2021]