---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 570.308"
title: "48"
number: "570.308"
heading: "Award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/570.308"
---

# §570.308. Award.

- (a) Make award to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors and subfactors in the SFO.
- (b) **Make award in writing and in the timeframe specified in the SFO.**
  - (1) If the contracting officer cannot make an award in that time, request in writing from each offeror an extension of the acceptance period through a specific date.
  - (2) If time is critical, the contracting officer may request the extensions orally. The contracting officer must make a record of the request and confirm it promptly in writing.
- (c) Notify unsuccessful offerors in writing or electronically in accordance with FAR 15.501 and 15.503(b).
- (d) The source selection authority may reject all proposals received in response to an SFO, if doing so is in the best interest of the Government.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 30851, May 27, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 30851, May 27, 2011]