If you want to bid on lucrative federal contractor jobs, completing your SAM.gov registration is required. The government doesn’t charge a fee to register, but many people opt to hire a third-party registration service. Why would you hire us instead of doing it on your own? There are several compelling reasons.
- We Complete SAM.gov Registration Quickly & Accurately
The System for Award Management (SAM) is the database that includes information for all government contractors. You cannot bid on government contractor jobs unless you complete SAM.gov registration, gain approval and receive your Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. The CAGE code is the unique identifier that all government agencies will ask for when you bid on contracts.
We handled hundreds of SAM registrations every year and the main reason that people hire us is that we can save you time and frustration. SAM registration may be free if you do it yourself, but it’s far from easy and can take 10 or more hours to complete. If you make mistakes, this will delay your approval and you will have to keep submitting your registration until the mistakes are corrected.
At Federal Contractor Registry, we will complete your SAM registration quickly and 100% accurately, which will speed up your approval time. Once you are approved, you will be eligible to bid on government contracting jobs.
- We Can Help With Your Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
In the past, part of SAM.gov registration included providing the government with your Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. This SAM DUNS number requirement has been phased out and the government now asks for a Unique Entity Identifier.
To get your UEI, which is a SAM requirement, you have to take a couple of steps, including filling out an application. As part of our SAM registration services, we will complete this process for you so that you can avoid this hassle.
- We’ll Help You Prepare The Notarized Letter
All new SAM registrants must complete a notarized letter and send this letter to the Federal Service Desk (FSD), the agency that runs SAM. This letter identifies your company’s Entity Administrator, which is just the person authorized to make changes to your SAM account. We can provide you with a template for this letter and ensure that you have filled it out correctly, then you just need to get it notarized and send it to the FSD.
- We Help You Sign Up With SBA
Did you know that more than 27% of all government contracts went to small businesses om 2021? That equates to more than $154 billion in federal contracting money. If your business qualifies as a small business, this will allow you to bid on special “set-aside” contracts. These are contracts set aside specifically for small businesses, but you must register with the SBA, and we can help.
Our team will determine which set-asides match your business and help you register with SBA as well as link your SAM registration to your SBA account. While general small businesses qualify, there are also several very specific set-asides including the Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set aside and the Economically-Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) set aside.
For these two set-asides, your company must be 51% owned and operated by a woman or women. For the EDWOSB set aside, you must be 51% owned by one or more women that would be considered economically disadvantaged and this means that the woman or women must have a personal net worth of less than $850,000 (per person) and less than $6.5 million in personal assets. Your adjusted gross income also must be $450,000 or less per year (they will look at an average income over the last three years).
Other set-asides include Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). This set aside used to be handled by the Department of Veterans Affairs, but the verification is now handled by SBA.
The SBA also runs several other set-aside programs for small businesses, including the HUBZone program and the 8(a) Business Development Program. We can determine which set-asides you qualify for, whether it be WOSB, VOSB, HUBZone or perhaps 8a certification or something else.
SAM Renewal Services
In order to do business with the federal government, you must always have an active SAM registration. Your SAM registration is active for 12 months, and then it must be renewed. We recommend that you renew several months in advance because some agencies won’t grant federal awards to companies if their entity registrations are about to expire.
SAM renewals tend to be easier than the initial registration process and you don’t have to send in the notarized letter or sign up again with SBA. Still, if you are making any changes to your account, it can be challenging. In addition to your initial SAM contractor registration, we also can handle your SAM renewal process if you want. As a side, note, if you have an active user account currently, you also don’t have to worry about the UEI as that was assigned automatically to anyone with an active SAM account.
Get Started Today!
If you are interested in becoming a government contractor, we can help with your SAM.gov registration as well as your SBA registration and we can even introduce Super 8a contractors to other contractors in our Federal Contractor Registry network. To get started, just click on the green New Registration tab on our homepage and fill out our quick contact form.