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Award Notice Template

The Award template is used for the publication of the synopsis of contract awards. Its publication is required by FAR, Section 5.3.

Tag Description Format
<AWARD>
<DATE> (Required Data) Month and day synopsis is submitted MMDD
<YEAR> (Required Data) Year synopsis is submitted YY
<CBAC>* (Required Data) User ID for the Office Location. Assigned/managed by your location Administrator. string
<PASSWORD>* (Required Data) Password. Assigned/managed by your location Administrator. string
<ZIP> The Contracting Office's ZIP code 5 Digits
<CLASSCOD>* (Required Data) Either one alphabetic code or a two-digit code for service or supply that the synopsis should be listed under. Valid classification code (FAR, Section 5.207(g))
<NAICS>* Six-digit code for service or supply that the synopsis would be listed under Valid NAICS Code
NAICS Reference
<OFFADD> The complete address of the contracting office Up to 65535 characters
<SUBJECT> (Required Data) The classification code, two hyphens, and a brief title description of the synopsis. Up to 255 characters
<SOLNBR>* Unique reference number for the solicitation Up to 128 characters from the set: a-z A-Z 0-9 - _ ( ) { }
<CONTACT> (Required Data) The names and phone numbers of officials to contact in regard to this synopsis. If there are two points of contact, their information shall be separated by semicolon Up to 65535 characters
<AWDNBR>* (Required Data) Award reference number Up to 255 characters
<AWDAMT> (Required Data) Award amount Up to 64 characters
<LINENBR> Contract's appropriate line item number Up to 255 characters
<AWDDATE> (Required Data) Award Date MMDDYY
<ARCHDATE> The date when this notice will be archived. Default - 15 days after award date. MMDDYYYY
<AWARDEE> (Required Data) The name and address of the awardee(s) Up to 65535 characters
<LINK> A structural tag No data required or accepted
<URL> The Government Agency's URL that will be listed with this award. Up to 255 characters, consist of a restricted set of characters (see URL specification - RFC 2396)
<DESC> Visible hypertext description provided to the user for linking to the related site Up to 255 characters
<EMAIL> A structural tag No data required or accepted
<ADDRESS> The Government Agency contact's email address Up to 128 characters
<DESC> Visible hypertext description provided for linking to the Government Agency contact's email Up to 255 characters
<SETASIDE> Identify set-aside acquisitions. Valid values: 'Partial Small Business', 'Partial HBCU', 'Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned', 'Total HUB-Zone', 'Total Small Business', 'Veteran-Owned Small Business', 'Total HBCU', 'Partial HUB-Zone', '8a Competitive', 'Emerging Small Business'
</AWARD>

Notes

  1. All red tags represent required data.
  2. * denotes validated data.
  3. <LINK>, <URL>, and <DESC> are a group data and should be provided or omitted together.
  4. <EMAIL>, <ADDRESS>, and <DESC> are a group data and should be provided or omitted together.
  5. Award notice is archived automatically.

Example

<AWARD>
<DATE> 0721
<YEAR> 99
<CBAC> demo
<PASSWORD> DEMO
<ZIP> 22030
<CLASSCOD> A
<NAICS>123456
<OFFADD> Defense Electronics Supply Center, 1507 Wilmington Pike, Dayton, OH 22030
<SUBJECT> A--AMPLIFIER, INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY
<SOLNBR> S0546A-187-2E
<CONTACT> Michele A Martin, Contract Specialist, Defense Electronics Supply Center (405)123-4567
<AWDNBR> SP0970-94-C-2102/SP0900-93-R-B419
<AWDAMT> $89,856
<LINENBR> 0001
<AWDDATE> 070799
<ARCHDATE> 072299
<AWARDEE> St Olektron Corp, Sub Of Signal Technologies, 28 Tozer Rd, Beverly MA 01915-5579
<LINK>
<URL> http://www.fed.gov.gov
<DESC> Defense Electronics Supply Center
</LINK>
<EMAIL>
<ADDRESS> johndoe@usa.gov
<DESC> Defense Electronics Supply Center
</EMAIL>
</AWARD>