**FACILITIES DIVISION**

**Facilities Contracts Branch**

**Standard Operating Procedures**

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  **DATE: December 19, 2001 (Revised September 10, 2007)**

  **SUBJECT: Contract and Task Order Award Announcements and
  Notifications**

  **NUMBER: CSOP-02-004**

  **EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately Until Replaced or Superseded**
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**1. [Purpose]{.underline}**

> This document provides the basic procedures for notifying the proper
> offices of contract awards of
>
> \$1 million or more (including all options) and for all Building and
> Facility (B&F) funded projects (regardless of dollar amount) for
> architect-engineer (A-E) and construction contracts and task orders.

**2. [References]{.underline}**

AGAR 405.303 \-- Announcement of contract awards

APD Policy Memorandum 5-01 \-- Information for Public Announcement of
Contracts Valued at

Over \$1 Million

**3. [Procedures]{.underline}**

A. Not later than 9 a.m. on the day of an award of a contract or task
order valued at \$1 million or greater, the Contracting Officer shall
complete the attached form, "Information for Public Announcement of
Contract Awards," and fax a copy of the form to the following offices:

Director

Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs, REE

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Room 214W

FAX: 202-690-2842

Telephone: 202-720-5923

Office of Congressional Relations, USDA

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Room 213A

FAX: 202-720-8077

Telephone: 202-720-7095

Chief, Acquisition Programs and Oversight Branch

Acquisition and Property Division

George Washington Carver Center, Room 3-2100

Beltsville, MD 20705-5117

FAX: 301-504-1739

Telephone: 301- 504-1725

Director, ARS Information Staff

George Washington Carver Center, Room 1-2250

Beltsville, MD 20705-5128

FAX: 301-504-1648

Telephone: 301-504-1638

B. The following awards are exempt from the above procedures; however,
the file should be

annotated to reflect the exemption:

1\. 8 (a) Awards (sole source and competitive under the 8(a) Program)

2\. Contracts with foreign firms that are to be performed outside the
U.S. or its possessions

3\. When disclosure would compromise National Security

> C. For all awards utilizing B&F funding, regardless of dollar amount
> and method of contracting (sole source or competitive), the
> Contracting Officer shall complete the attached form and fax a copy to
> the attention of the following offices:

Legislative Advisor

## Office of Legislative Affairs, ARS

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Room 351A

FAX: 202-720-6882

Telephone: 202-720-3173

Director, Facilities Division

George Washington Carver Center, Room 4-1294

Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5123

FAX: 301-504-1164

Telephone: 301-504-1151

Deputy Director for Design and Construction, Facilities Division

George Washington Carver Center, Room 4-1294

Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5123

FAX: 301-504-1164

Telephone: 301-504-1210

[\_/s/ Brenda A. Wood \_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}

BRENDA A. WOOD

Chief

Facilities Contracts Branch

Enclosure:

Form - Information for Public Announcement of Contract Awards

Enclosure

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Research, Education, and Economics**

**Information for Public Announcement/Notification of Contract Awards**

**[(In Accordance with USDA Agriculture Acquisition Regulation]{.mark}**

**[AGAR 405.303, Announcement of Contract Awards)]{.mark}**

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| **Contract                                                            |
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| **Contract Award                                                      |
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