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System for Award Management

current.

https://www.tam.usace.army.mil/ (SAM) Registration

What is SAM? Step 2: Register your entity in SAM.
The System for Award Management (SAM)
is a U.S. Government-owned and operated 1) After you have completed Step 1, you will
website that is free to use. need to log in to SAM again with your
login.gov username and password;
A contractor who wants to be considered
for a contract awarded by the U.S. Army 2) Now that you have created a SAM
Corps of Engineers must have a valid account, when you log in to SAM, you will
registration in SAM. This one-time see a bar on the left side of the screen titled
registration provides the U.S. Government “MY SAM” on your home screen; and
basic information about the contractor.
SAM validates the contractor's information 3) Select “Entity Registrations,” and then
and shares that information with U.S. select “Register New Entity.” Once you have
Government agencies who may need to reviewed all of the documentation needed to
review it before contract award. register your entity, click on "Start
Registration" at the bottom of the page.
SAM Registration:

Step 0: To register for SAM, you will need Helpful Tips:

a login.gov account. To register for a
login.gov account: In order to register your entity in SAM (Step
2 above), you will need a Dun & Bradstreet
1) Go to login.gov; Data Universal Numbering System number
(DUNS number). Be very precise when
2) Click on the button that says “sign in with entering information into the DUNS and
login.gov” in the upper right hand corner; SAM registration system:
3) Click “create an account,” and enter the • All organization/entity information must
email that you would like to use for your be identical in both DUNS and SAM
registration. You will receive a confirmation (including spelling, spacing, and
email, and then you must follow the punctuation).
prompts to finish your account creation.

Step 1: After you have created a login.gov Contractors are responsible for the accuracy
account, you'll need to create a SAM.gov of the information entered into SAM,
account: * updating the information in SAM if the
information changes, and renewing its SAM
registration every year.
1) Log into the SAM.gov website using your
login.gov account; Registering in DUNS and SAM is free.
There are services that assist companies in
2) On the “Create an Account” page, click on registering in DUNS and SAM and charge a
“Create an Individual Account;” and fee for doing so, but you are not required to
use these services.
3) Once you create this account, you will
receive an email confirmation.