SAM.gov

E310827

federal procurement system government website online portal

SAM.gov is the U.S. federal government’s official online portal for registering entities and searching, applying for, and managing federal awards and contracts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
SAM.gov canonical	2
beta.SAM.gov	2
Contract Opportunities module of SAM.gov	1
SAM.gov Contract Opportunities	1
SAM.gov assistance listings	1
SAM.gov contract data system	1
SAM.gov wage determinations module	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2913011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SAM.gov
Context triple: [Integrated Award Environment, includesSystem, SAM.gov]

A. U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
B. United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
C. Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
D. va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
E. SBA
The Sovereign Base Areas are two British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve as strategic military bases for the United Kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SAM.gov
Target entity description: SAM.gov is the U.S. federal government’s official online portal for registering entities and searching, applying for, and managing federal awards and contracts.

A. U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
B. United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
C. Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
D. va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
E. SBA
The Sovereign Base Areas are two British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve as strategic military bases for the United Kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal procurement system ⓘ government website ⓘ online portal ⓘ
abbreviation	SAM ⓘ
access	publicly accessible ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataType	assistance listings ⓘ contract opportunity notices ⓘ entity registration data ⓘ exclusions and debarment records ⓘ federal award data ⓘ wage determinations ⓘ
domain	sam.gov ⓘ
fullName	Integrated Award Environment ⓘ surface form: System for Award Management
governmentLevel	federal ⓘ
hasSection	assistance listings ⓘ contract opportunities ⓘ data bank ⓘ entity registration ⓘ federal hierarchy ⓘ integrated award environment ⓘ wage determinations ⓘ
integrates	CFDA.gov ⓘ surface form: CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance ⓘ FPDS-NG ⓘ surface form: FPDS FSRS ⓘ Federal Procurement Data System ⓘ surface form: Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System Federal Procurement Data System ⓘ Federal Service Desk ⓘ WDOL ⓘ Wage Determinations Online ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
loginMethod	login.gov account ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
operatorAbbreviation	GSA ⓘ
operatorType	federal agency ⓘ
partOf	Integrated Award Environment ⓘ
previouslyRequired	DUNS number ⓘ
purpose	enable searching for federal assistance listings and grants ⓘ enable searching for federal contract opportunities ⓘ provide a central registration system for federal award recipients ⓘ provide a single point of entry for federal award management ⓘ provide entity validation and exclusion information ⓘ register entities to do business with the U.S. federal government ⓘ support federal acquisition and assistance processes ⓘ
registrationCost	free ⓘ
regulatoryBasis	FAR ⓘ Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ Office of Management and Budget guidance ⓘ
replaced	CCR ⓘ Central Contractor Registration ⓘ EPLS ⓘ Excluded Parties List System ⓘ ORCA ⓘ Online Representations and Certifications Application ⓘ
requires	UEI ⓘ Unique Entity Identifier ⓘ
security	uses login.gov for user authentication ⓘ
supports	download of public award data ⓘ search by CAGE code ⓘ search by Unique Entity Identifier ⓘ search by entity name ⓘ
targetUser	businesses seeking federal contracts ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ federal contracting officers ⓘ grant-making officials ⓘ individual federal award applicants ⓘ local governments ⓘ nonprofit organizations seeking federal awards ⓘ state governments ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ
usedFor	cooperative agreements ⓘ entity registration renewal ⓘ federal contract awards ⓘ federal grant awards ⓘ federal procurement data reporting ⓘ managing federal award data ⓘ other federal financial assistance ⓘ representations and certifications for federal contracts ⓘ searching entity registrations ⓘ tracking exclusions and debarments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Integrated Award Environment → includesSystem → SAM.gov ⓘ

FPDS-NG → successor → SAM.gov ⓘ

this entity surface form: SAM.gov contract data system

FBO.gov → replacedBy → SAM.gov ⓘ

this entity surface form: beta.SAM.gov

FBO.gov → replacedBy → SAM.gov ⓘ

FedBizOpps → replacedBy → SAM.gov ⓘ

this entity surface form: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities

FedBizOpps → successorModule → SAM.gov ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contract Opportunities module of SAM.gov

CFDA.gov → replacedBy → SAM.gov ⓘ

this entity surface form: SAM.gov assistance listings

WDOL.gov → replacedBy → SAM.gov ⓘ