U.S. Department of the Treasury | Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture

SAM Registration, UEI Requirement, 

and ACH Form for Recurring Treasury 

Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture 

(TEOAF) Vendors

May 2023
Agenda

• Background 

• Requirements

• UEI Update Process for Recurring TEOAF Vendors

• SAM.gov Registration

• ACH Form Completion

• Sample Email to tffvendors@cbp.dhs.gov

• TEOAF Bureau Liaisons

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Background

• The Department of the Treasury, Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture 

(TEOAF) will be migrating from the Custom and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) 

Finance and Accounting Division (FAD) accounting system to the 

Administrative Resource Center (ARC) Oracle accounting system. 

• Generally, all entities wishing to do business with the federal government 

must have a unique entity identifier (UEI). 

• Previously, the DUNS number, a unique nine-character identification 

number provided by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), was the official UEI. D&B 

assigned UEI (DUNS) for each physical location of a business. 

• A vendor would have a DUNS number if registered in SAM.gov prior to April 

4, 2022. 

• As of April 4, 2022, the Federal Government switched from using the 

D&B generated DUNS number to a new SAM.gov generated UEI. 

• Beginning October 2024, TEOAF will no longer process transactions 

for recurring vendors that are not registered in SAM.gov and do not 

have a SAM.gov generated UEI.

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Requirements

• Recurring TEOAF vendors (e.g., vendors that receive recurring payments from 

TEOAF typically associated with the Joint Operations and Equitable Sharing 

programs) must be registered in SAM.gov and have a SAM.gov generated 12-digit 

UEI and if applicable, a 4-digit EFT number currently known as the DUNS+4 number. 

– The DUNS +4 extension to a DUNS number is created by registrants in SAM when 

there is a need for more than one bank/Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) account for a 

single location. D&B does not create or maintain the +4 number.

– When adding additional bank accounts in SAM, the DUNS +4 extension allows the 

DLA to assign a new CAGE Code for each additional bank account entered on the 

Financial Information page of the SAM entity registration.

– Starting April 4, 2022, the Federal Government will switch from using the DUNS+4 

number to the EFT number.

• Recurring TEOAF vendors must indicate the TEOAF program (i.e., EQSH, JOPS, 

EQSH & JOPS, or Refund) for which the UEI and EFT relate to, via an ACH from 

(refer to slide 7).

• To prevent delays in processing transactions, starting May 1, 2022, recurring 

TEOAF vendors should send a new ACH form that includes their SAM.gov generated 

12-digit UEI (and 4-digit EFT if applicable) and the relevant TEOAF program to their 

TEOAF Bureau liaison or Headquarters (HQ) contact (refer to slide 7).

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UEI Update Process for Recurring TEOAF Vendors

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Entity registers or updates info in SAM.gov and has a SAM.gov UEI 

generated.

Entity or field office fills out a new ACH form and includes the 

SAM.gov generated UEI (and EFT if applicable) and Program 

(i.e., EQSH, JOPS, EQSH & JOPS, or Refund).

Entity or field office emails the completed ACH form to the 

appropriate TEOAF Bureau liaison or Bureau HQ contact. 

TEOAF Bureau liaison or Bureau HQ contact emails the ACH and 

indicates which information is new or updated on the ACH to CBP’s 

Financial Accounting Division (FAD), formerly known as the National 

Finance Center (NFC), at tffvendors@cbp.dhs.gov.

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SAM.gov Registration

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All recurring TEOAF vendors will need to check their current SAM.gov 

registration status to determine if they need to:

• Renew their existing entity record in SAM.gov by clicking the “Renew 

Entity” button on the SAM.gov homepage.

• Get a UEI by clicking the “Get Started” button on the SAM.gov homepage.
ACH Form Completion

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Once a recurring TEOAF vendor has received their UEI and EFT (If applicable) number, 

they will need to complete and provide their TEOAF Bureau liaison or HQ contact with an 

updated ACH form that includes the UEI and the EFT number (If applicable) and indicate 

which TEOAF program this information relates to within the “Additional Information” 

section formatted exactly as shown in ACH form example below. Please note the ACH 

form should be completed in its entirety including banking information even if it has not 

changed. 
ACH Form Completion (cont..)

The following values should be used to indicate which TEOAF program this 

information relates to within the “Additional Information” section and must be 

one of the following four values shown below:

• “EQSH” – Recurring TEOAF vendors should use this value if the banking 

information included on the ACH form should only be associated with the 

TEOAF Equitable Sharing program.

• “JOPS” – Recurring TEOAF vendors should use this value if the banking 

information included on the ACH form should only be associated with the 

TEOAF Joint Operations program.

• “EQSH & JOPS” – Recurring TEAOF vendors should use this value if the 

banking information included on the ACH form should be associated with 

both the TEOAF Equitable Sharing and Joint Operations programs.

• “Refund” – TEOAF vendors should use this value if the banking information 

included on the ACH form should only be associated with a refund due to 

them through the TEOAF refund program.

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Sample Email to tffvendors@cbp.dhs.gov

Please see below for a sample email to send to CBP’s FAD. Please fill in the 

information in between the brackets indicating your vendor name and whether 

you updated the UEI/EFT only or if you updated the banking information and 

the UEI/EFT. 

From: Bureau Liaison or Bureau HQ contact

To: tffvendors@cbp.dhs.gov

Subject: Updated ACH form with UEI

Attachment: ACH form for [INSERT VENDOR NAME] 

Email Body: 

Please note we updated the [INSERT “UEI/EFT update ONLY” or “Banking 

information & UEI/EFT”] on the ACH form.

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TEOAF Bureau Liaison and HQ Contacts 

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Agency Name Email Address

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Dennis McKenzie dennis.mckenzie@cbp.dhs.gov

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cecelia Walker cecelia.walker@cbp.dhs.gov

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Robert Burgess robert.l.burgess@ice.dhs.gov

Internal Revenue Service-Criminal 

Investigation (IRS) Monique Fields Monique.fields@ci.irs.gov

United States Secret Service (USSS) Gavin Hartsell gavin.hartsell@usss.dhs.gov