FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management

Solicitation provision Federal Acquisition Regulation Nov 2024 version

Facts

Citation
FAR 52.204-7
Type
Solicitation provision
Current version
November 2024
Prescribed in
FAR 4.1105(a)(1)
Alternates
Alternate I
Last amended
89 FR 101831 Effective Jan 3, 2025
Proposed changes
1
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
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Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this solicitation provision.

Text

As prescribed in 4.1105(a)(1), use the following provision:

System for Award Management (Nov 2024)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

"Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity to establish additional System for Award Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity.

Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) means that– (1) The Offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the unique entity identifier and the EFT indicator, if applicable, the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (see subpart 4.14) into SAM (2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM; (3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The offeror will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process; and (4) The Government has marked the record "Active".

Unique entity identifier means a number or other identifier used to identify a specific commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity. See www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers.

(b)

(1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and at time of award (see FAR clause 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance, for the requirement to maintain SAM registration during performance and through final payment).

(2) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "Unique Entity Identifier" followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror also shall enter its EFT indicator, if applicable. The unique entity identifier will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the Offeror is registered in the SAM.

(c) If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishment of the unique entity identifier directly to obtain one. The Offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(1) Company legal business name.

(2) Tradestyle, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(3) Company physical street address, city, state, and Zip Code.

(4) Company mailing address, city, state and Zip Code (if separate from physical).

(5) Company telephone number.

(6) Date the company was started.

(7) Number of employees at your location.

(8) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(9) Line of business (industry).

(10) Company headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).

(d) Processing time should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered in SAM should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. See https://ww.sam.gov for information on registration.

(End of provision)

Alternate I (Oct 2018)

Alternate I (Oct 2018). As prescribed in 4.1105(a)(2) , substitute the following paragraph (b)(1) for paragraph (b)(1) of the basic provision:

(b)(1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM as soon as possible. If registration is not possible when submitting an offer or quotation, the awardee shall be registered in SAM in accordance with the requirements of clause 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance.

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 89 FR 101831 · FAC 2025-02
Federal Acquisition Regulation: System for Award Management Registration 83 FR 48691 · FAC 2005-101
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Unique Identification of Entities Receiving Federal Awards 81 FR 67736 · FAC 2005-91 · Corrected Oct 17, 2016
Federal Acquisition Regulation; System for Award Management Name Change, Phase 1 Implementation 78 FR 37676 · FAC 2005-67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Updates to Contract Reporting and Central Contractor Registration 77 FR 69715 · FAC 2005-62
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 77 FR 44047 · FAC 2005-60
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Transition to the System for Award Management (SAM) 77 FR 187 · FAC 2005-55
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-035, Registry of Disaster Response Contractors 74 FR 52847 · FAC 2005-37
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2004-038, Federal Procurement Data System Reporting 73 FR 21773 · FAC 2005-25
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2005-007, Central Contractor Registration-Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Validation 71 FR 36923 · FAC 2005-10
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Central Contractor Registration 68 FR 56669 · FAC 2001-16
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Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53 91 FR 37550 · FAR Case 2026-001, Docket No. FAR-2026-0001, Sequence No. 1 Closed Jul 23, 2026No final rule found

Sections cited

Terms defined

  • Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
  • Unique entity identifier

Quick answers

What is FAR 52.204-7?

FAR 52.204-7 is a solicitation provision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "System for Award Management".

What is the current version of FAR 52.204-7?

The current version is dated November 2024.

Where is FAR 52.204-7 prescribed?

It is prescribed in FAR 4.1105(a)(1), Solicitation provision and contract clauses.

When was FAR 52.204-7 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments" (89 FR 101831), published Dec 16, 2024 and effective Jan 3, 2025.

Are changes to FAR 52.204-7 proposed?

One proposed change has no final rule yet.

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