48 CFR 4.1103(c)
Listed by: NARA Registry, DoD Registry, Related authorities
Designation evidence
- NARA authority row: 48 CFR 4.1103(c) | status: Basic | banner: CUI.
- DoD authority row: 48 CFR 4.1103(c). DoD lists this citation for the category; this DoD detail page does not display a separate Basic/Specified field.
- Related authority evidence: 48 CFR 4.1103(c) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
- Related authority evidence: DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
- Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling.
- Registry designation for this category is Basic with banner CUI.
Extracted authority meaning
- section A of the contract schedule, similar
- Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling.
Operating conditions
- NARA category scope used with this authority: Relating to non-public information collected during entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the common source of vendor data for the United States Government.
- DoD category scope used with this authority: Relating to non-public information collected during entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the common source of vendor data for the United States Government.
- 48 CFR 4.1103(c) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
- DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
- NARA registry status: Basic. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.
- NARA category scope: Relating to non-public information collected during entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the common source of vendor data for the United States Government.
- Extracted authority condition: (a) Unless the acquisition is exempt under 4.1102(a), the contracting officer— (1) Shall verify that the offeror or quoter is registered in SAM (see paragraph (b) of this section) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted; (2) Should use the unique entity identifier to verify SAM registration— (i) Via; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency proce- dures; or (3) Need not verify SAM registration before placing an order or call if the contract or agreement includes the provision at 52.204–7, System for Award Management, or the clause at 52.212–4, Contract Terms and Condi- tions—Commercial Items, or a similar agen- cy clause, except when use of the Govern- mentwide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
- Extracted authority condition: Contracting officers are en- couraged to check the SAM early in the acquisition process, after the com- petitive range has been established, and then communicate to the unregis- tered offerors that they shall register; (2) Should use the unique entity iden- tifier to verify registration— (i) Via the Internet at; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency procedures; and (3) Need not verify registration be- fore placing an order or call if the con- tract or agreement includes the provi- sion at 52.204–7, System for Award Man- agement, or the clause at 52.212–4, Con- tract Terms and Conditions—Commer- cial Items, or a similar agency clause, except when use of the Government- wide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
- Extracted authority condition: (a) Offerors and quoters are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifi- cations requirements except for— * * * * * (5) Contracts awarded without providing for full and open competition due to unusual or compelling urgency (see 6.302–2); (6) Contract actions at or below $30,000 awarded to foreign vendors for work per- formed outside the United States, if it is im- practical to obtain SAM registration; and * * * * * (c) Contracting officers shall use the legal business name or ‘‘doing business as’’ name and physical address from the contractor’s SAM registration for the provided unique en- tity identifier to identify the contractor in section A of the contract schedule, similar sections of non-uniform contract formats and agreements, and all corresponding forms and data exchanges.
- Extracted authority condition: 105 Federal Acquisition Regulation 4.1105 (2) If the needs of the requiring activ- ity do not allow for a delay, proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered offeror, provided that writ- ten approval is obtained at one level above the contracting officer; or (3) If the contract action is being awarded pursuant to 6.302–2, the con- tractor must be registered in the Sys- tem for Award Management within 30 days after contract award, or at least three days prior to submission of the first invoice, whichever occurs first.
- Extracted authority condition: (c) Agencies shall protect against im- proper disclosure of contractor SAM information.
Safeguarding and dissemination controls
- NARA registry control evidence: status Basic; banner marking CUI.
- Nara basic or specified: Basic
- Nara authority rows: 48 CFR 4.1103(c) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
- Nara banner markings: CUI
- No DoD required dissemination control is listed on the registry page. Apply approved limited dissemination controls only when required or permitted by the designating agency or governing authority.
- Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.
- Extracted authority control: Contracting officers are en- couraged to check the SAM early in the acquisition process, after the com- petitive range has been established, and then communicate to the unregis- tered offerors that they shall register; (2) Should use the unique entity iden- tifier to verify registration— (i) Via the Internet at; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency procedures; and (3) Need not verify registration be- fore placing an order or call if the con- tract or agreement includes the provi- sion at 52.204–7, System for Award Man- agement, or the clause at 52.212–4, Con- tract Terms and Conditions—Commer- cial Items, or a similar agency clause, except when use of the Government- wide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
- Extracted authority control: (a) Unless the acquisition is exempt under 4.1102(a), the contracting officer— (1) Shall verify that the offeror or quoter is registered in SAM (see paragraph (b) of this section) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted; (2) Should use the unique entity identifier to verify SAM registration— (i) Via; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency proce- dures; or (3) Need not verify SAM registration before placing an order or call if the contract or agreement includes the provision at 52.204–7, System for Award Management, or the clause at 52.212–4, Contract Terms and Condi- tions—Commercial Items, or a similar agen- cy clause, except when use of the Govern- mentwide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
- Extracted authority control: (a) Offerors and quoters are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifi- cations requirements except for— * * * * * (5) Contracts awarded without providing for full and open competition due to unusual or compelling urgency (see 6.302–2); (6) Contract actions at or below $30,000 awarded to foreign vendors for work per- formed outside the United States, if it is im- practical to obtain SAM registration; and * * * * * (c) Contracting officers shall use the legal business name or ‘‘doing business as’’ name and physical address from the contractor’s SAM registration for the provided unique en- tity identifier to identify the contractor in section A of the contract schedule, similar sections of non-uniform contract formats and agreements, and all corresponding forms and data exchanges.
- Extracted authority control: (b) If the contracting officer, when awarding a contract or agreement, de- termines that a prospective contractor is not registered in the SAM database and an exception to the registration re- quirements for the award does not apply (see 4.1102), the contracting offi- cer shall— (1) If the needs of the requiring activ- ity allow for a delay, make award after the apparently successful offeror has registered in the SAM database.
- Extracted authority control: (c) Agencies shall protect against im- proper disclosure of contractor SAM information.
Authority excerpts
Most relevant extracted authority passageContracting officers are en- couraged to check the SAM early in the acquisition process, after the com- petitive range has been established, and then communicate to the unregis- tered offerors that they shall register; (2) Should use the unique entity iden- tifier to verify registration— (i) Via the Internet at; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency procedures; and (3) Need not verify registration be- fore placing an order or call if the con- tract or agreement includes the provi- sion at 52.204–7, System for Award Man- agement, or the clause at 52.212–4, Con- tract Terms and Conditions—Commer- cial Items, or a similar agency clause, except when use of the Government- wide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
Extracted authority passage 2(a) Unless the acquisition is exempt under 4.1102(a), the contracting officer— (1) Shall verify that the offeror or quoter is registered in SAM (see paragraph (b) of this section) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted; (2) Should use the unique entity identifier to verify SAM registration— (i) Via; or (ii) As otherwise provided by agency proce- dures; or (3) Need not verify SAM registration before placing an order or call if the contract or agreement includes the provision at 52.204–7, System for Award Management, or the clause at 52.212–4, Contract Terms and Condi- tions—Commercial Items, or a similar agen- cy clause, except when use of the Govern- mentwide commercial purchase card is con- templated as a method of payment.
Extracted authority passage 3(a) Offerors and quoters are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifi- cations requirements except for— * * * * * (5) Contracts awarded without providing for full and open competition due to unusual or compelling urgency (see 6.302–2); (6) Contract actions at or below $30,000 awarded to foreign vendors for work per- formed outside the United States, if it is im- practical to obtain SAM registration; and * * * * * (c) Contracting officers shall use the legal business name or ‘‘doing business as’’ name and physical address from the contractor’s SAM registration for the provided unique en- tity identifier to identify the contractor in section A of the contract schedule, similar sections of non-uniform contract formats and agreements, and all corresponding forms and data exchanges.
Extracted authority passage 4(b) If the contracting officer, when awarding a contract or agreement, de- termines that a prospective contractor is not registered in the SAM database and an exception to the registration re- quirements for the award does not apply (see 4.1102), the contracting offi- cer shall— (1) If the needs of the requiring activ- ity allow for a delay, make award after the apparently successful offeror has registered in the SAM database.
Extracted authority passage 5(c) Agencies shall protect against im- proper disclosure of contractor SAM information.
Extracted authority passage 6105 Federal Acquisition Regulation 4.1105 (2) If the needs of the requiring activ- ity do not allow for a delay, proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered offeror, provided that writ- ten approval is obtained at one level above the contracting officer; or (3) If the contract action is being awarded pursuant to 6.302–2, the con- tractor must be registered in the Sys- tem for Award Management within 30 days after contract award, or at least three days prior to submission of the first invoice, whichever occurs first.