SAM User Guide

This guide provides comprehensive information on how to use SAM.

Quick Start Guide to CAGE Ownership of Offeror

This a short reference guide to assist users who are responding to the CAGE Ownership of Offeror section of their SAM Entity Registration.

Quick Start Guide for Screen Readers Use in SAM

A short reference guide to assist those using a screen reader to navigate SAM.

Quick Start Guide to Advanced Search Entity

A short reference guide to help users find entity registration records in SAM that match their specific search criteria.

Quick Start Guide to Advanced Search Exclusion

A short reference guide to help users find exclusion records in SAM that match their specific search criteria.

Quick Start Guide to Small Business Search by NAICS

A short reference guide to searching for small businesses registered in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Updating/Renewing Registrations

A short reference guide to help you renew or update your registration that was previously in CCR (and in some cases ORCA) and is now in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Contract Registrations

A short reference guide on what you must know to register your entity for contracts in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Grant Registrations

A short reference guide on what you must know to register your entity for grants and federal assistance in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Exclusions

A short document to support your use of the SAM Exclusions Extract.

Quick Start Guides for Exclusions

A short reference guide on what you must know about exclusion changes SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Exclusions

A short document on changes from EPLS.

Quick Start Guides for Federal Administrators

A short reference guide explaining what you can do as the administrator of a federal entity in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Non-Federal Administrators

A short reference guide explaining what you can do as the administrator of a non-federal entity in SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Federal Employees

A short reference guide explaining what you can do as a federal user of SAM.

Quick Start Guides for Migrating Roles

A short reference guide explaining how you can migrate the roles from your legacy account to your new SAM account.

Quick Start Guide for Search

A short reference guide to help you with various types of searches you may need to perform in SAM.

Quick Start Guide for Services Contract Inventory (Vendors)

A short reference guide for Vendors on how to submit the data for a Services Contract Inventory.

Quick Start Guide for Services Contract Inventory (Federal Government)

A short reference guide for Federal Government users on how to submit the data for a Services Contract Inventory.

Helpful Hints for Government Users

Government User Guidance on Small Business Information in SAM.

Helpful Hints for Government Users

Government User - Identifying Excluded Entities in SAM

Helpful Hints for Government Users

Identifying Entities Registered for Contracts

Helpful Hints for Government Users

Identifying Entities Registered for Grants

Helpful Hints for Public Users

Public User - Identifying Excluded Entities in SAM

Quick Start Guide for User Account Migration

A short reference guide to help users migrate their account information into SAM by using the Account Migration Tool.

Quick Start Guide for New Foreign Registrations

A short reference guide to help foreign users register in SAM.

SAM Overview Video

This video will introduce you to SAM and how it fits into GSA IAE suite of systems.

Register a New Entity in SAM to be Eligible for Government Contracts

Learn how to create an Entity Management registration so that your entity is eligible for Government contracts.

Migrating Your Legacy System Roles

Learn how to migrate your permissions from your legacy system account to your new SAM account.

Managing Users as an Administrator

This webinar explains what you can do as an administrator for your entity. Learn how to manage who has roles with your entity. This includes sending invitations, approving role requests, and adding/removing users role.

SAM - Grants Registrants

A webinar recording specifically for SAM Grants registrants.

SAM - Updating Your Former CCR Registration in SAM

A webinar recording focused specifically on updating former CCR registrations in SAM.

General FAQs

Provides answers to the most frequently asked SAM questions. Users can perform a search for a question or filter the questions to a functional area.