[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR12.204]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 12.2_Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial 
                                  Items
 
Sec.  12.204  Solicitation/contract form.

    (a) The contracting officer shall use the Standard Form 1449, 
Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items, if (1) the acquisition 
is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) a paper 
solicitation or contract is being issued; and (3) procedures at 12.603 
are not being used. 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.

[62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997]