

When you first complete your SAM registration, you have to send a notarized letter to the Federal Service Desk (the agency in charge of SAM) to inform them who is your Entity Administrator. However, this is not something to worry about as the government has decided to phase this in between now and April 2022. The new number will be known as a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and won’t be issued by Dun & Bradstreet. The government was supposed to switch over to a new system in 2020, but the pandemic sort of put that on the backburner. Government agencies sometimes search for contractors using DUNS numbers, and it’s required for SAM registration, but it will be changing sometime in the future. It will take a few days for Dun & Bradstreet to send you this number, but it is an easy process to apply. If your company does not already have a DUNS, you can apply for one at the Dun & Bradstreet website at no charge. To register with SAM, you have to provide a DUNS number.

However, if you see CCR, just dismiss it as everything is in SAM now. We are writing about it, however, because we still see references to CCR or CCR.gov from time to time, and we know all of this terminology can be confusing. This was a database with government contractors, but it no longer exists.
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Sometimes, you might hear SAM registrations or SAM renewal called CAGE code registration or CAGE code renewal.īefore there was SAM, there was CCR. Not only with agents from federal agencies ask for your CAGE code, but state government personnel often also will ask for your CAGE code if you bid on state-level or county-level government contracting jobs. This is a unique identifier given to each company or person after they have completed SAM registration. Without a CAGE code, you cannot do business with the federal government. You may be wondering, “ how do I get a CAGE code,” and that’s not surprising. Keep in mind you can use multiple search parameters such as location and NAICS codes, and this can be your best option.Ĭommercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes: We go into more detail about NAICS codes, PSCs and Set Asides later in this article, and using these tend to be the easiest way to search for contracting jobs. There are many ways to search – by date, by federal organization, location, NAICS codes, PSCs, Set Asides and more. If you go to the homepage, scroll down to Contract Opportunities and click on “Search Contract Opportunities.” This will take you to a search engine listing current and past government contracts. In the past, you went to FedBizOpps or FBO.gov, but that has been replaced by. On this website, you can search for contracting opportunities. First, let’s look at some other common government terms. We can complete SAM registration for you quickly and accurately, but we will talk more about that in a bit. If you want to work with any federal government agency (and many state agencies), you need to complete SAM registration. SAM is a huge database that includes information about all government contractors. The mountain of government contracting acronyms and terminology can be tricky to understand, but at Federal Contractor Registry, we can help you get started with contracting and demystify some of the common terms you might see, including the following.įor the rest of the blog, we will head down the list in alphabetical order, but the System for Award Management (SAM) is important enough that it deserves a spot at the top. The checker found no problems in this document.While government contracting can be lucrative, there’s no getting around the fact that newbie contractors have a lot to learn. Acrobat Accessibility Report Accessibility Report Filename: epa816f15001.pdf Report created by: Organization:
