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A resource for assisting North Dakota businesses in obtaining federal, state, and local government contracts.

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Sept 2023 ‘SAM’ Power Tools

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  SAM, the System for Award Management, is a powerful ally in the world of federal contracting. This legacy system houses source material to assist in federal contracting. It evolves based on user input and adds new features monthly. SAM  provides open opportunities, contract data, wage determination, federal hierarchy, entity information, entity reporting, and assistance […]

July 2023: Don’t Take the Bait: Beware of Misleading Marketing, Imposters, and Phishing

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We are sharing an article written by the General Service Administration (GSA). Federal government agencies work to raise awareness about known online scams and fraudulent schemes that target government system users. From time to time, GSA and IAE share information about common fraud schemes that target vendors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). […]

April 2023: Changes to SAM…Oh, Yeah!

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Systems for Award Management (SAM) has been making changes to the entity validation process. These are good changes to keep your information protected. Below are changes related to entity validation and registration. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) The familiar DUNS identifier was removed from federal contracting. It was replaced with the UEI, a 12-digit alpha-numeric identifier. […]

June 2022 -SAM.gov

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ND PTAC is sharing information from GSA Interact regarding entity matching in SAM.gov. On April 4, 2022, the federal government implemented a new process in SAM.gov to validate entities as a first step in requesting a Unique Entity ID and for completing a SAM.gov entity registration. This entity validation process includes checking that your entity […]