Form OF 307, Contract Award

Optional Form 307 (OF 307), Contract Award, is a one-page GSA form that records the award of a Government contract: the Government accepts the offer made on a solicitation, and the contractor agrees to furnish the items or perform the services stated in the document.

The form is prescribed by GSA under FAR (48 CFR) 53.215-1(e). GSA's reference page lists it as form number OF307 with a current revision date of 08/2016, and the form prints "Authorized for local reproduction."

The form is organized in numbered items. Items 1 to 4 give the contract number, effective date, solicitation number and requisition/project number. Items 5 and 6 name the issuing office and, when different, the administering office. Items 7 to 10 cover the contractor, who makes payment and where invoices go. Item 11 is a table of contents of the contract by section, from Part I (the Schedule, sections A to H) through Part II (contract clauses), Part III (list of attachments) and Part IV (representations and instructions, sections K to M). Items 12 and 13 give a brief description and the total amount of the contract.

Items 14 and 15 hold the two agreements. In item 14 the contractor agrees to furnish and deliver the items or perform services for the consideration stated. In item 15 the Government accepts the offer on the solicitation identified in item 3. In both, the rights and obligations of the parties are governed by the document and any documents attached or incorporated by reference.

Two parties complete and sign Optional Form 307: the contractor and the contracting officer of the United States of America.

• Contractor: item 14 is the contractor's agreement. When item 14A is checked, the contractor is required to sign the document and return four copies to the issuing office. The signer is the person authorized to sign, whose name and title are entered in items 14C and 14D.
• Contracting officer: item 15 is the Government's award. The contracting officer signs in item 15A, and the officer's name and the date go in items 15B and 15C.

The form is also the place where the contractor's name and address, unique entity identifier, taxpayer's identification number and the office that will make payment are recorded, so the issuing office needs those details from the contractor. The form itself does not state eligibility conditions or exclusions; it is tied to a specific solicitation, identified in item 3, so it is used for an award made on that solicitation.

Optional Form 307 is completed when the Government accepts an offer made on a solicitation, because item 15 states that the Government accepts the offer on the solicitation identified in item 3 as reflected in the award document. No separate due date is printed on the form. Item 2 records the effective date of the contract. When item 14A is checked, the contractor must sign and return four copies to the issuing office; the form sets no number of days for that return, so follow any deadline stated in the solicitation or by the contracting officer.

The form names one return channel and no portal, mailing address or fee. Where item 14A is checked, the contractor signs the document and returns four copies to the issuing office, which is the office shown in item 5. Get the address and any delivery instructions from the issuing office or the solicitation, because the form prints none.

Invoices are a separate matter. Item 10 tells the contractor to submit invoices (4 copies unless otherwise specified) to one of these: item 5, item 6, item 8 or another office specified in the "Other (Specify)" box.

Check the contract's attachments and any referenced documents before returning it, since the rights and obligations of the parties are governed by this document and any documents attached or incorporated by reference. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels described above.