SAM.gov Entity Registration and Unique Entity ID
U.S. General Services Administration (SAM.gov, Integrated Award Environment)
The gateway step for any federal contract or assistance award. Without an active registration an organization cannot bid as a prime on an evaluation contract, no matter how strong the proposal.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)Registration is an eligibility step, not an award. The page states no fee amount.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Register any time. Registration must be renewed every 365 days to stay active, and activation can take up to 10 business days, so this must be done well ahead of a bid deadline.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior, Practitioner, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Any organization may register. Full entity registration is required to apply directly for federal awards as a prime; a Unique Entity ID alone is enough only for sub-awardee reporting and explicitly does not permit direct application. Registration can take up to 10 business days to become active and must be renewed every 365 days.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- entity registration · unique entity id · federal award eligibility · contracting infrastructure
- Apply at
- https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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