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         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">570.308</ph> Award.</title>
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					          <p id="d974e17" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>  Make award to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors and subfactors in the SFO.</p>
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					          <p id="d974e26" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>  Make award in writing and in the timeframe specified in the SFO.</p>
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							              <p id="d974e36" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>  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.</p>
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							              <p id="d974e45" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>  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.</p>
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					          <p id="d974e56" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph> Notify unsuccessful offerors in writing or electronically in accordance with FAR 15.501 and 15.503(b).</p>
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					          <p id="d974e65" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>  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.</p>
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