I’ve been a PTAC counselor for over five years. In that time, I’ve helped a lot of federal contractors register their entities in the System for Award Management (SAM), but I’ve also had the opportunity to review many entity registrations that contractors completed (or attempted to complete) themselves. This is a list of some of the … Read more
We’ve written before about companies that prey on smaller federal contractors and charge them hundreds of dollars for things like SAM registrations and renewals that are completely free. PTAC counselors across the country are constantly warning our clients about these companies, but their constant barrage of deceptive and confusing phone calls, emails, text messages, postcards, … Read more
We noted earlier this month that some security updates to SAM made it a lot more difficult to reset your MPIN if you forgot it. It appears that GSA realized their mistake, as the process has changed once again. The new, new process is not as easy as the old process, but at least you … Read more
Passwords. The bane of our existence. At least for those of us who use smart phones, tablets and computers. Our clients are no different. They forget their passwords with regularity. The good news is that resetting a password is usually fairly simple, and often something someone can do themselves. Due to a security update made … Read more
The following announcement is from the GSA Integrated Award Environment: In support of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 national emergency, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested certain administrative relief for entities doing business with the government. As part of that effort, GSA has initiated 60-day extensions to SAM.gov registrations that have … Read more
If you maintain your company’s entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), you’ve seen the “Size Metrics” page that asks for your company’s average annual receipts and number of employees. Entering accurate information on this page is critical, as it determines whether your company qualifies as a small business in the industries you … Read more
If you’ve logged into the System for Award Management (SAM) at all in the past 14 months, you know that it’s a bit more challenging to log in than it used to be. This is for your own protection, but all these extra layers of security can seem pretty daunting, especially if you aren’t comfortable … Read more
GSA’s Integrated Award Environment (IAE) team held a stakeholder forum (“industry day”) yesterday to provide an update to interested parties on the latest happenings with the beta.SAM.gov project. I’ll touch on some of the highlights here: beta.SAM.gov is now the official source for wage determinations Last week (on June 14), GSA decommissioned WDOL.gov and made beta.SAM.gov … Read more
Small businesses that sell products or services to the Federal government are routinely being taken advantage of by companies that charge them to register in System for Award Management (SAM). SAM is administered by the US General Services Administration (GSA). Launched in July of 2012, SAM combined the various federal government certifications and registrations, necessary … Read more