“On Monday, April 4, 2022, SAM.gov and all other General Services Administration (GSA) systems will switch to the new Unique Entity ID (SAM) as the authoritative government entity identifier. This means SAM.gov and other GSA systems will no longer use the DUNS number for identifying entities.
All entities that do business with the government, including any individual, company, or institution, need a way for the government to uniquely identify them. This identifier has been generated by a third party external to the government for many years.
‘We’re bringing the entity identification process in-house and getting rid of an extra step,’ said Meredith (Memi) Whitehead, deputy assistant commissioner of GSA’s Integrated Award Environment, which manages SAM.gov. ‘This is just one way GSA is modernizing our systems to support government-wide technology modernization initiatives.’
April 4 transition
Ahead of the April 4 transition, here’s what GSA system users should know:
- SAM.gov will be down for maintenance the weekend of April 1. Users should plan ahead.
- Other GSA systems will be down that weekend as well; more information will be shared on Interact.
- If you are currently registered in SAM.gov (even if your registration is not active), you already have a Unique Entity ID (SAM). Visit SAM.gov to view it now.
- There are actions that some GSA system users need to take prior to April 4, including:
- Update your saved searches in SAM.gov;
- Update your ad hoc reports in SAM.gov; and
- Make sure that sub-awardees get their Unique Entity ID (SAM) before April 4 to make reporting in FSRS.gov easier. Primes should discuss this with their subs directly…” Read the full release here.
Source: GSA Systems Switch to Unique Entity ID (SAM) on April 4, 2022 – March 16, 2022. GSA.
