“The General Services Administration plans to take SAM.gov and other systems down this weekend as it completes its transition to a new unique entity identifier for those doing business with the federal government.
SAM.gov will be down from 8 p.m. ET April 1 to 9 a.m. ET April 4 — with all traces of the proprietary, nine-digit Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number being removed from the site, in favor of the automatically generated, 12-character unique entity identifier (UEI) — as will the five other Integrated Award Environment (IAE) systems at scheduled intervals…”
“GSA spent the last two-and-a-half years providing agencies with the necessary interfaces, technical specifications and supporting materials, and all have been operating in a parallel transition environment for more than six months — allowing each to time their move from DUNS to UEI. More than 3,000 users signed into its third and final stakeholder forum on the transition last week.
Information for users has been compiled and made available via a big, green button on the Federal Service Desk homepage or the top of SAM.gov…”
“Some users need to update their saved searches and ad hoc reports in SAM.gov, as well as ensure sub-awardees have UEIs, for ease of reporting on FSRS.gov, before April 4.
The UEI transition is part of GSA’s larger strategy to make it easier for contractors to work with government through IT modernization and digital service delivery…” Read the full article here.
Source: SAM.gov outage planned this weekend as transition away from DUNS numbers takes effect – By Dave Nyczepir, March 31, 2022, FedScoop.
