Summary of A Notice by the General Services Administration on 07/10/2019
Currently, the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) utilizes the Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) ® nine-digit number as the unique identifier for entities throughout the federal awarding lifecycle, in SAM.gov, in other Integrated Award Environment (IAE) systems, on required forms, and in downstream government systems.
In 2016, the government revised both the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2CFR) to remove any proprietary references to D&B and the DUNS® number as the unique entity identifier. This allowed the government to decouple the required unique identifier from the supporting entity validation services.
Through December 2020, IAE systems will be transitioning from the DUNS® to a SAM-generated Unique Entity ID (UEI). The standard for the new UEI was developed by an interagency working group. This new entity identifier will be the authoritative identifier once the transition is complete.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NEW FIRMS THAT WANT TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO GET ON THE CONSOLIDATED GSA SCHEDULE?
December 6th 2019 the D&B Open Ratings Past Performance Service is no longer accepting new orders. The government has alternative options which can be found within the solicitation.
According to my understanding of the solicitation, a credit report will not meet this requirement.
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