Washington PTAC Locate a center: www.washingtonptac.org Contact main office: [email protected](360) 754-6320 System for Award Management (SAM) Guide READ THIS FIRST: Top 10 Things to Know for a Successful SAM Registraon Last updated: 4/24/2014 1. Registraon is FREE at www.sam.gov. Beware of imposter sites or companies that will complete your registraon for a fee. 2. An acve SAM registraon is required in order to be awarded a contract with the Federal government and to be paid for work performed. 3. If you had an acve record in CCR, you have an acve record in SAM. To update or renew your records in SAM, you will need to follow the instrucons in this guide. Your CCR log-in will not work in SAM. 4. You are required to have a DUNS number to register with SAM. If you already have a DUNS number and need to update informaon on file with Dun and Bradstreet, do so at least 24 hours prior to updang informaon in SAM. (See below for D&B contract informaon). You are also equired to have a Tax Iden- ficaon Number (TIN or EIN) in order to register a business. (see below for IRS informaon). 5. We recommend using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Avoid using Internet Explorer. 6. Your business is referred to as an “enty” by SAM. 7. If your CCR profile is linked to an email address that is no longer acve within your company, contact the Federal Help Desk aſter compleng the migraon. If you experience long wait mes, you can also contact PTAC and we can access assistance through our SAM hotline. 8. To submit your registraon, you must review and save the enre SAM record in one sing. 9. Due to IRS and CAGE validaon, It will take 3-5 business days for your registraon to become acve aſter submial 10. Once your registraon is acve, you will likely be contacted by vendors aempng to sell you their services related to government contracng (consultants, etc). Many are unnecessary and some may be scams. In many cases, the services you would be paying for are available at no cost by your PTAC. Washington PTAC is here to help! Visit www.washingtonptac.org to find the center nearest you. Important Contact Informaon: See the “Help” Secon of SAM for Quick and Full User Guides and Demonstraon Videos Federal Service Desk: For technical issues with SAM www.fsd.gov (866) 606-8220 Dun and Bradstreet: To obtain a DUNS number or make changes hp://fedgov.dnb.com/webform IRS: To obtain a Tax Idenficaon Number www.irs.gov
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Washington PTAC Locate a center: www.washingtonptac.org Contact main office: [email protected] (360) 754-6320
System for Award Management (SAM) Guide
READ THIS FIRST:
Top 10 Things to Know for a Successful SAM Registration
Last updated: 4/24/2014
1. Registration is FREE at www.sam.gov. Beware of imposter sites or companies that will complete your
registration for a fee.
2. An active SAM registration is required in order to be awarded a contract with the Federal government
and to be paid for work performed.
3. If you had an active record in CCR, you have an active record in SAM. To update or renew your records in
SAM, you will need to follow the instructions in this guide. Your CCR log-in will not work in SAM.
4. You are required to have a DUNS number to register with SAM. If you already have a DUNS number and
need to update information on file with Dun and Bradstreet, do so at least 24 hours prior to updating
information in SAM. (See below for D&B contract information). You are also equired to have a Tax Identi-
fication Number (TIN or EIN) in order to register a business. (see below for IRS information).
5. We recommend using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Avoid using Internet Explorer.
6. Your business is referred to as an “entity” by SAM.
7. If your CCR profile is linked to an email address that is no longer active within your company, contact the
Federal Help Desk after completing the migration. If you experience long wait times, you can also contact
PTAC and we can access assistance through our SAM hotline.
8. To submit your registration, you must review and save the entire SAM record in one sitting.
9. Due to IRS and CAGE validation, It will take 3-5 business days for your registration to become active after
submittal
10. Once your registration is active, you will likely be contacted by vendors attempting to sell you their
services related to government contracting (consultants, etc). Many are unnecessary and some may be
scams. In many cases, the services you would be paying for are available at no cost by your PTAC.
Washington PTAC is here to help!
Visit www.washingtonptac.org to find the center nearest you.
Important Contact Information:
See the “Help” Section of SAM for Quick and Full User Guides and Demonstration Videos
Federal Service Desk: For technical issues with SAM www.fsd.gov (866) 606-8220
Dun and Bradstreet: To obtain a DUNS number or make changes http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform
IRS: To obtain a Tax Identification Number www.irs.gov