System updates policy updates.docx
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- Solicitation number
- QSE--36C78625Q50345
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The document is a system updates policy document discussing discrepancies between the System for Award Management (SAM) and agency solicitation requirements. The file highlights that certain representations, such as those related to greenhouse gas emissions (52.223-22) and affirmative action compliance (52.222-25), may persist in SAM even though contracting officers will not consider or enforce these representations when making award decisions. Entities are not required or able to remove these outdated representations from their SAM registration.
The related federal contract opportunity involves the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration seeking a contractor to provide Holganix fertilizer products (HGX Pro-Bio 800, Holganix Lawn, and Blue Sky 21-0-0) specifically for Riverside National Cemetery. The solicitation number is QSE--36C78625Q50345, with a federal meta opportunity ID of 689285f6e12f6ac74f0a6062.
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System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations; Example:
- 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals -Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3,
- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements.
- Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications --Commercial Products
- Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements.
- 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications --Commercial Products
- Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements.
Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
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