Responding to the Novation Agreement as the Selling Vendor

A novation is a legal instrument used to document the Government’s recognition of the transfer of an agreement from one vendor to another. Typically, the purchasing vendor notifies the CO to initiate the novation process.

The selling vendor's information will be on the SF-1449 and SF-30 forms and in the vendor information page in the modification package UNTIL the CO signs the modification. Once the CO signs the novation modification, then the selling vendor's agreement is canceled and a new agreement is issued to the purchasing vendor, which will include the purchasing vendor's information on the forms and in the vendor information page in the agreement package for the new agreement.

IMPORTANT
As the selling vendor, you can view the modification, but you cannot respond to the modification; the purchasing vendor will respond to the modification.

Viewing the novation modification as a selling vendor:

From the Home page, in the Alert message, click on the Review Changes link OR click on the My Agreements tab to find the modification in progress.
In the Agreement table, notice the indented row under the agreement, which indicates there is a modification to the agreement and displays the following information about the modification:

Type of modification

Award End Date

Date the last modification was started

Status - indicates the type of action required by purchasing vendor (no action is required by selling vendor)

In the table, click on the View Mod PDF button () to view the modification.

NOTE: In the modification package, the SF-30 and SF-1449 forms and the vendor information sheet in the package will display your vendor information (selling vendor) UNTIL the CO signs the modification.

Once the purchasing vendor signs the modification and then the CO signs the modification, the following occurs:

You will receive an email notice informing you that the transfer has completed and the purchasing vendor has a new agreement and your agreement is canceled.
On the main Home page, the Alert message about the modification is removed.
The resources that are associated with the novation modification no longer appear in your "My Resources" table.
The agreement that was used for the novation modification has a status of 'Canceled' in the "My Agreements" table.
The CO publishes the updated DPLs to the VIPR Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/business/incident/dispatch.php. The DPL will show the resources as now on the purchasing vendor's new agreement.
The CO publishes the updated agreement to the VIPR Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/business/incident/vipragreements.php. The new agreement for the purchasing vendor is listed and the selling vendor's agreement is removed.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the modification, contact the CO.