PROCESS TO OBTAIN

A DUNS NUMBER OR SAM REGISTRATION

(This is a FREE service)

DUNS Number

  1. Call Dunn & Brad Street at 866-705-5711. They will take information from you, and reply to you with a DUNS Number. This takes about 24 hours.

SAM Registration

  1. Go to SAM.gov and start a new registration. Answer all the questions. Make sure your account is open for public view.
  2. The information entered in to SAM is sent off for validation. Once validated, SAM will give you a CAGE Number. This takes about 3 days.
  3. Once you hear back that the registration is finalized, you are ready to be searched in SAM.
  4. If you have additional questions regarding SAM Registration, please call the Federal Help Desk at 866-606-8220. Their hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 am – 8 pm Eastern Time Zone.

ADDITIONAL HELPFUL INFORMATION:

DUNS Number

The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number is a unique nine-digit identification number provided by the company Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). Call D&B at 866-705-5711, or via email to .

D&B assigns DUNS numbers for each physical location of a business. The process to request a DUNS number takes about 10 minutes. All entities doing business with the US government can receive a DUNS number FREE of charge and, under normal circumstances, within 1-2 business days when using the D&B web form process.

If you already have a DUNS number, a D&B representative will advise you over the phone.

When entering your DUNS number, enter only the numbers; do not include dashes. As a result of obtaining a DUNS number, you might be included on D&B’s marketing list that is sold to other companies. If you do not want your name/entity included on this marketing list, you must contact D&B at the number noted above to request removal.

SAM Registration

Before you start, please be sure to have gathered the following information:

Your Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from dun & Bradstreet, and the name and address associated with that DUNS.

Your Taxpayer Identification Number and the name associate with that TIN (From your W-2 or W-9)

Your Contract and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. If you already have one (if you don’t one will be assigned to you during registration).

Your Electronic Funds Transfer Information, such as your financial institution’s ABA Routing Number and your account number, along with the bank phone or fax number.

You will be unable to submit your registration online unless all the mandatory information is provided.

The Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code is a five-character ID number used extensively within the federal government, assigned by the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). You do not need to have a CAGE code prior to registration, as one will be automatically assigned to you as part of your entity’s registration in SAM.

Depending on the type of registration you need, categories of information needed may include the following:

Core Data – Includes, but is not limited to, any entity’s DUNS and/or DoDAAC, name, address, CAGE or NCAGE code*, taxpayer or employer ID numbers (TIN or EIN), general information, and details about any proceedings in which the entity may currently be involved. Core Data is mandatory for all registration types. Assertions – Includes, but is not limited to, data about the types of goods and services the entity provides, the entity size, NAICS Codes, optional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and disaster-relief data.

Representations and Certifications – Details related to an entity’s small business status, responses to commonly used Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provisions/clauses, and Architect-Engineer Responses (SF330 Part II).

Points of Contact (POC) – Types include but are not limited to, contacts for accounts receivable, electronic business and government business. POC information is mandatory for all registration types.

NOW GO TO

To Create a User Account:

  1. Click on “Create a User Account”.
  2. Choose Account Type:
  3. Create an Individual User Account to perform tasks such as register/update your entity, create and manage exclusion records or to view FOUO level data for entity records.
  4. Create a System User Account if you need system-to-system communication or if performing data transfer from SAM to your government database system.
  5. Complete the requested information, and then click “Submit”.
  6. Click “DONE” on the confirmation page. You will receive an email confirming you have created a user account in SAM.
  7. Click on the validation link in the email that contains the activation code within 48 hours to activate your user account. If the email link is not hyperlinked (i.e., underlined or appearing in a different color), please copy the validation link and paste it into the browser address bar. You can now register as an entity in SAM. NOTE: Creating a user account does not create a registration in SAM, nor will it update/renew an existing registration in SAM.

To Register in SAM as an Entity

  1. Log into SAM with your user ID and password.
  2. Gather all of the required information needed to complete your registration.
  3. Click on “Register New Entity” from the left side navigation pane. Then click “Start Registration” near the bottom of the registration overview page.
  4. Complete and submit the online registration. Is estimated that it will take approximately 45 minutes to complete registration if you already have all the necessary information on hand, depending upon the size and complexity of your entity.
  5. You will receive a “congratulations message” from SAM.gov after registration has been successfully submitted and an email confirming that your registration is in process. Note that new registrations can take an average of 7-10 business days to process in SAM. SAM must send out some information for validation with outside parties before your registration can be activated; this includes TIN validation with the IRS and CAGE validation/assignment with the DoD. This timeframe may be longer if the information you provide is flagged for manual validation by either party. If you notice your registration has had a “Submitted” status for longer than 10 business days, and you have not otherwise been contacted to correct or update information, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-6006-8220 or

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