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[2 CFR 25] Title 2 Part 25 : Code of Federal Regulations ';
Title 2 Part 25
Title 2 → Subtitle A → Chapter I → Part 25
§25.205 Effect of noncompliance with a requirement to obtain a unique entity identifier or register in the SAM.
§25.310 System of Award Management (SAM).
§25.315 Unique entity identifier.
Source: 75 FR 55673, Sept. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 25 appear at 79 FR 75879, Dec. 19, 2014.
(a) The unique entity identifier as a universal identifier for Federal financial assistance applicants, as well as recipients and their direct subrecipients.
(b) The System for Award Management (SAM) as the repository for standard information about applicants and recipients.
This part applies to an agency's grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and other types of Federal financial assistance included in the definition of “award” in §25.305. The requirements in this part must be implemented for grants and cooperative agreements by October 1, 2010. The requirements in this part must be implemented for all other award forms listed in §25.200 requirement at a date to be specified in the future.
(c) Exemptions for Federal agencies. The requirement in this part to maintain a current registration in the SAM does not apply to an agency of the Federal Government that receives an award from another agency.
(d) Other exemptions. (1) Under a condition identified in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, an agency may exempt an entity from an applicable requirement to obtain a unique entity identifier, register in the SAM, or both.
(i) In that case, the agency must use a generic unique entity identifier in data it reports to USASpending.gov if reporting for a prime award to the entity is required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub. L. 109-282, hereafter cited as “Transparency Act”).
(ii) Agency use of a generic unique entity identifier should be used rarely for prime award reporting because it prevents prime awardees from being able to fulfill the subward or executive compensation reporting required by the Transparency Act.
(3) Agencies' use of generic unique entity identifier, as described in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section, should be rare. Having a generic unique entity identifier limits a recipient's ability to use Governmentwide systems that are needed to comply with some reporting requirements.
(a) Each agency that awards types of Federal financial assistance included in the definition of “award” in §25.305 must include the requirements described in paragraph (b) of this section in each program announcement, regulation, or other issuance containing instructions for applicants that either:
(b) The program announcement, regulation, or other issuance must require each entity that applies and does not have an exemption under §25.110 to:
(2) 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 an agency; and
(3) Provide its unique entity identifier in each application or plan it submits to the agency.
(1) The applicant is the entity that meets the agency's or program's eligibility criteria and has the legal authority to apply and to receive the award. For example, if a consortium applies for an award to be made to the consortium as the recipient, the consortium must have a unique entity identifier. If a consortium is eligible to receive funding under an agency program but the agency's policy is to make the award to a lead entity for the consortium, the unique entity identifier of the lead entity will be used.
(3) To remain registered in the SAM database after the initial registration, the applicant is required to review and update on an annual basis from the date of initial registration or subsequent updates its information in the SAM database to ensure it is current, accurate and complete.
(a) An agency may not make an award to an entity until the entity has complied with the requirements described in §25.200 to provide a valid unique entity identifier and maintain an active SAM registration with current information (other than any requirement that is not applicable because the entity is exempted under §25.110).
(b) At the time an agency is ready to make an award, if the intended recipient has not complied with an applicable requirement to provide a unique entity identifier or maintain an active SAM registration with current information, the agency:
To implement the policies in §§25.200 and 25.205, an agency may add a unique entity identifier field to application forms or formats previously approved by OMB, without having to obtain further approval to add the field.
Each agency that makes awards (as defined in §25.325) must ensure that systems processing information related to the awards, and other systems as appropriate, are able to accept and use the unique entity identifier as the universal identifier for financial assistance applicants and recipients.
(a) To accomplish the purposes described in §25.100, an agency must include in each award (as defined in §25.305) the award term in appendix A to this part.
(a) Award, for the purposes of this part, means an award of Federal financial assistance that a non-Federal entity described in §25.110(a) receives or administers in the form of—
Unique entity identifier has the meaning given in paragraph C.2 of the award term in appendix A to this part.
I. System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements
1. System for Award Management (SAM) means the Federal repository into which an entity must provide information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Additional information about registration procedures may be found at the SAM Internet site (currently at http://www.sam.gov).