IV. Application and Submission Information - Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)

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NOFO Field: Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)

NOFO Location: Application and Submission Information - third field
- Preceding Fields: Content and Form of Application
- Subsequent Field: Submission Dates and Times

OMB Guidance:
IV. Application and Submission Information
        3. Unique entity identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)—Required.
      Excerpt 2 CFR 200 Appendix I.D.3

Each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or Federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements under 2 CFR 25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the Federal awarding agency under 2 CFR 25.110(d)) is required to: (i) Be registered in SAM before submitting its application; (ii) Provide a valid unique entity identifier in its application; and (iii) Continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal awarding agency. NOAA may not make a Federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time NOAA is ready to make a Federal award, NOAA may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a Federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a Federal award to another applicant. 

Additional Guidance:

• Do not enter the field name (shown in bold in the examples). The NOFO generator will enter the field name.
• Content and Form of Application is the third of 7 subsections under Application and Submission Information.
• To enable the use of a universal identifier and to enhance the quality of information available to the public as required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, 31 U.S.C. 6101 note, to the extent applicable, any proposal awarded in response to this announcement will be required to use the System for Award Management (SAM), which may be accessed online at www.sam.gov.

Published Examples:

       None at this time.