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Registration Requirement Federal Contractors Bid Protests

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SAM Registration Rule Finalized

The FAR Council has finalized, without changes, a 2024 interim rule that adjusted the requirements of FAR 52.204-7. This is the provision that governs an offeror’s registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). The...more

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FAR Final Rule Clarifies SAM Registration

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On August 7, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a final rule, published in the Federal Register, clarifying that an offeror must be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) when...more

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What Happens When Uncle Sam Doesn’t Understand SAM? The Case of the Lucky Protester . . .

On January 8, 2025, in UNICA-BPA JV, LLC, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protester’s challenge to its elimination from the competition for failing to have an active System for Award Management...more

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SAM Registration Lapse Can Now Cost You a Contract Award

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in TLS Joint Venture, LLC, B-422275, recently sustained a bid protest alleging that the contract awardee’s System for Award Management (SAM) registration lapsed between the...more

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Procrastination Has Consequences: How Waiting Until the Last Minute to Renew Their SAM Registration Cost a Contractor Millions

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The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest of a contract award because the winning contractor failed to maintain their System for Award Management (“SAM”) registration from the date their...more

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Lapse in SAM Registration Disqualifies Government Contractor from Contract Award

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The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) recently interpreted FAR Clause 52.204-7, which requires offerors to register in the System for Award Management (SAM), to indicate that even a slight lapse in a contractor’s SAM...more

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Joint Venturers Beware – Underestimating the Importance SAM Registrations Can Sink Your Proposal

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Protests filed at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) differ in many ways from protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”). For example, protests before GAO are uniform given that they are...more

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August 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Affiliate Experience, JV Registration

In this month’s bid protest roundup, we consider: (1) an exception to the normal rule governing reliance on affiliate experience and past performance; and (2) two different bid protests of very similar solicitation terms that...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2022 Issue 17

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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GAO Finds SAM Registration Requirement to be Minor Informality

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FAR 4.1102 requires offerors to registered in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) at the time an offer is submitted to the government, with limited exceptions such as micro-purchases, classified contracts, emergency...more

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