SF1403
Pre-Award Survey of Prospective Contractor (General)
Standard Form 1403 (SF 1403), Pre-Award Survey of Prospective Contractor (General), is a federal contracting form. Its footer says it is prescribed by GSA under FAR (48 CFR) 53.209-1(a), and GSA hosts it in its forms library. It shows OMB Control Number 9000-0011, Expiration Date 10/31/2026.
Section I, the request, and Section II, the data, are marked for completion by the contracting office. They name the surveying activity, the solicitation, the total offered price, the prospective contractor and the items solicited and offered. Section III lists the factors to be investigated, and Section IV holds the surveying activity's recommendation of complete award, partial award or no award, signed by the survey approving official.
The Paperwork Reduction Act statement estimates 24 hours to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions. You can fill it out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.
Serial number, surveying activity, solicitation number, total offered price, type of contract, secondary survey activity, prospective contractor and contact, whether the contracting office will participate, date of request and date report required.
Small business representation, Walsh-Healey Act status and classification, parent company, plant and location, the requesting activity contracting officer, a contact point and the address the survey is returned to.
Item number, national stock number and nomenclature, total quantity, unit price and a delivery schedule, each with a solicited line and an offered line.
Major factors (technical, production, quality assurance, financial and accounting system) and other factors such as Government property control, transportation, packaging, security and safety, each with CHK., SAT. and UNSAT. columns.
Whether this is a short form pre-award report, whether a financial assistance payment provision is in the solicitation, and remarks for contracting activity use.
Complete award, partial award with a quantity, or no award, then the survey approving official's name, title, telephone number, signature and date.
The form has four sections across a front and a back page.
The contracting office completes Section I: the surveying activity, solicitation number, total offered price, type of contract, prospective contractor, dates and representations.
In Section II, each item has a solicited line and an offered line for quantity, unit price and delivery schedule.
Check the major and other factors in items 19 and 20. The form says to provide specific requirements for other factors in Remarks.
The requesting activity contracting officer signs item 15B, and item 17 gives the address and attention line for returning the pre-award survey.
The surveying activity marks complete award, partial award or no award in item 24, and the survey approving official signs and dates item 25.
The form prints no separate instructions. These steps follow the completion notes printed on each part.
You get the real form, filled in a browser tab, with nothing standing between you and the finished PDF.
The PDF gives no filing address. Item 17 holds the address the requesting activity enters for the return of the pre-award survey.
The Paperwork Reduction Act statement estimates 24 hours to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions.
OMB Control Number 9000-0011, Expiration Date 10/31/2026. Comments on the time estimate go to U.S. General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (M1V1CB), 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405.
The form says it is authorized for local reproduction and that the previous edition is NOT usable.
SF1404
24 fields, 1 page
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706 fields, 4 pages
SF1406
106 fields, 2 pages
SF1407
139 fields, 3 pages
SF1408
60 fields, 2 pages
The form marks which office completes each part. It is completed by government contracting and surveying offices about a prospective contractor.
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The footer says Standard Form 1403 (Rev. 1/2014) is prescribed by GSA under FAR (48 CFR) 53.209-1(a). GSA hosts it in its forms library.
Sections I and II are marked for completion by the contracting office. The serial number, item 6A and item 21 are for the surveying activity, and Section IV is signed by the survey approving official.
Item 19 lists technical, production, quality assurance and financial capability and the accounting system. Item 20 lists Government property control, transportation, packaging, security, safety, environmental/energy consideration, flight operations/flight safety and other factors.
Item 24 has three boxes: complete award, partial award with a quantity, and no award.
The Paperwork Reduction Act statement estimates 24 hours to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions.
The form says the previous edition is NOT usable. It also says it is authorized for local reproduction.
