SAM Registration Guidance

Quick start guide
for new foreign
registrations

Prepared by Hanoi GSO/ Procurement.

Procedures:

Step 1

Request a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
number

Step 2

Request a NATO Commercial and
Government Entity (NCAGE) code

Step 3

Register in SAM

Step 4

Renew SAM registration annually

Overview of the SAM Registration Process
All vendors and contractors who receive awards at or over US$30,000 are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to do business with the U.S. Government, at the time an offer or quotation is submitted. The vendors and contractors who receive awards over $10,000 but less than $30,000 are required to have Unique Entity Identification number in SAM. Start early! The entire registration process takes an average of 5~10 days to complete. SAM is FREE to apply and renew on the website https://www.sam.gov. There is NO CHARGE to register or maintain your registration record in SAM website. Make sure the person in your company who registers in SAM has a stable/regular email, and that all others in charge in your company know this email address when it is time to renew.

Step 1. Request an Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number for free at SAM.GOV as the following video: Get a Unique Entity ID in SAM.gov - YouTube . This takes up to 1 business days.

Registering in
SAM is
a 3-step process

Step 2. Obtain NCAGE Code for free (up to 3 business days) in https://www.nato.int/structur/ac/135/welcome.htm
The name and address information you provide for NCAGE
must be exactly the same as what you used for your UEI. Step 3. Register in SAM.

• Do NOT use any special characters in the address – use one space instead. Ex: 39/899 Wireless Road -> 39 899
Wireless Road.
• Copy and paste the address from UEI to NCAGE to
ensure they are exactly the same.

Gather the following information:

Banking information

Average sales per
year for the past 3
years

Total number of staff (full
& part time) during the
past 12 months

Point of contact
information including
phone number,
address, and email.

Using Internet browsers Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge proceed to https://sam.gov/content/home

Step 1: Login SAM: https://sam.gov/content/home

Request a

UNIQUE ENTITY

Step 2: Create SAM ACCOUNT
(click on Sign in Create an Account)

Step 3: Get Start to request an Unique Entity ID

IDENTIFIER (UEI)

number

Please follow the video in below link for Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uv1YNAsINk
It will take few minutes to hours to get UEI