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There is NO FEE to register or maintain your SAM.gov registration. If you get an email, text, or phone

call from a company asking you to contact them right away about your SAM.gov registration, be

cautious. If you are asked to pay money to complete or renew your SAM.gov registration, be cautious.

These messages are not from the Federal Government. It is FREE TO REGISTER in SAM.gov for any

entity. You engage third party vendors at your own risk.

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Update or renew your entity registration

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Check status of an entity registration

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Search for entity registration and exclusion records

in the SAM Status Tracker.

If you have not yet started your registration, please create an individual user account and log into

SAM to register your entity. To register in SAM, at a minimum, you will need the following

information:

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What is Draft Status?

When you first begin your entity registration, your record is in Draft status. This means you are

working on completing the Core Data section. Each time you save your entity record, all information

that you completed to date is stored and will appear the next time you log in to continue working on

your record.

Your registration will remain in the Draft status until you complete Core Data. While in the Draft

When your entity registration record enters the Work in Progress stage, it means that you've

completed all Core Data, or you've initiated an update to a currently active or already expired record.

If you've initiated an update to an existing record, the record will enter this stage once you verify the

unique identifier information, i.e. the DUNS Number or DoDAAC verification. The SAM Status

Tracker uses seven circles to represent steps in the registration process: Core Data, Assertions, Reps

& Certs, POCs, Submit, Processing, and Active. You enter information as necessary based on why

you are registering in SAM. Your registration will remain in Work In Progress status from Core

When a section or step in the process is complete, it will have a green checkmark and state

Completed. Those you have started, but not completed, will be yellow and state In Progress. Those

you do not need to complete based on why you are registering will be lined out and state Not

Required. Those you have not started will be grey and empty.

What is Submitted status?

Once you enter all the information required, review it, and submit your registration, it gets

processed. If it wasn't already sent after you completed the IRS Consent Form, your entity's taxpayer

information (if applicable) is sent to the IRS for validation. When that is complete, your registration

is sent for CAGE/NCAGE Code assignment or validation. While the average overall processing time

processing, unless it is deactivated by your Entity Administrator. Remember, you must log into

SAM, review your registration information and update as necessary, at least once within the 365

days or your record will expire.

What is Expired status?

If you have not logged in and updated your entity registration record within at least the past 365

days, your record will Expire and go into an inactive status. If you have initiated an update to an

existing record, the updated record will replace the older record once the updated record finishes

processing. The SAM Status Tracker will display empty, grey circles for an Inactive registration and

provide a message that tells you the date that registration expired.

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The original notice you received from the IRS assigning you your EIN (Employer

Identification Number).

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Any other recently received notice for the business activity.

If your TIN is a Social Security Number (SSN), compare the name and number with the information

on your actual social security card.

If you are having problems with TIN mismatches in SAM concerning your Employer Identification

Number, please contact the IRS at 1-800-829-4933.

information, contact the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code Program at:

Toll Free: 1-877-352-2255

Commercial/FTS: 1-269-961-7766

DSN: 661-7766

Email: dlacontactcenter@dla.mil

Note: CAGE Codes for entities located outside the United States and its territories are called

NCAGE Codes.

Find the full SAM User Guide, Quick Start Guides, Helpful Hints, and Webinars on the SAM HELP

tab. Contact our Service Desk to search for answers on-line or request additional help.

External Resources

Resources relevant to users registering an entity located outside the U.S. and its outlying areas in SAM.

CAGE Code Search

(CAGE) portal to search for domestic and foreign entity CAGE Code information.

unique nine digit identification number, for each physical location of your business. DUNS Number

assignment and maintenance is free for all entities required to register with the U.S. government for

contracts or grants.

training/support material, submit a live chat request for help, submit a web form request for help, or call

to speak with an agent Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.