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- Video: Advanced Search of Contract Opportunities
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- Public Contract Opportunities API
- Do I need a log in to view contract opportunities?
- How to use Search for contract opportunities
- How to search by place of performance
- How to search by NAICs or PSC
- How to follow contract opportunities
- About Controlled Attachments
- What is the Interested Vendor List (IVL)?
- How to add yourself to the IVL
- What are the different notice types for contract opportunities?
- How to find your administrator for contract opportunities (federal only)
- How to view administrative reports for contract opportunities
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- About viewing banking information
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- Print verification of exclusion status
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- Why can't I access the ad hoc report builder to make edits to the report criteria?
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- I selected more than one organization in my standard or administrative reports but the reports aren't showing what I expected
- Why do I have to run my ad hoc report before saving?
- Why am I unable to specify how to export my report?
- Why is my exported contract data report full of hashtags (#) in Excel?
- I want to share my report with someone. Why isn't their email in the list?
- Why didn't my recipient get the report I sent them?
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- Video: Contract Data Reports Class
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- Where to find Contract Data Reports on SAM.gov
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- What are the report size and data range limitations on reports?
- How to share and send report results
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- How does the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) categorize wage determinations (WDs) for Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) contracts?
- How to find information about the wage determination applicable to my contract action
- How to find Davis Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations
- How to search for Service Contract Act (SCA) wage determinations
- How to find the latest DBA and/or SCA wage determinations in SAM.gov
- How do I locate and complete the form to request a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) wage determination (WD)?
- How to follow a wage determination
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- Quick Start Guide for BioPreferred Reporting
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- Video: Entity Registration-Workspace Navigation
- Overview of Workspace for federal and non-federal users
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- Guide for SAM.gov roles and permissions
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- How federal roles are determined
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- Video: How to search Entities
- Video: What is Responsibility/Qualification (R/Q)?
- Video: How to search for Entity Responsibility/Qualification data
- What is an Entity?
- How to find out if an entity is registered in SAM.gov
- How to search for an entity
- How to search entity registrations
- How to check another entity's registration status
- About viewing banking information
- How to find all the contract information associated with a particular vendor
- Where do I find Responsibility/Qualification information on an entity's registration record?
- Where do I find Responsibility/Qualification information for entities that aren't registered in SAM.gov?
- How to download Responsibility/Qualification DataBank Reports
- About Responsibility/Qualification information in APIs
- Where does the information in Responsibility/Qualification come from?
- What information can I find in the Responsibility/Qualification data?
- Search More Resources
- Glossary Terms for Responsibility/Qualification Information
- Keyword Search Entity Registrations
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Quick Start Guide for Searching Exclusions
- Video: Exclusions - Public Search
- Exclusions Extract User Guide
- Exclusions API
- What are exclusions?
- What is the purpose of exclusions information?
- How to look for entity exclusions
- How to search for multiple exclusions
- How to search entities and exclusions
- How to search exclusions by SSN/TIN
- How to get more information on an excluded entity
- Why are there no search results when I search for an entity exclusion?
- Print verification of exclusion status
- Search More Resources
- Keyword Search Search Exclusions
- Keyword Search Filter Exclusions
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Standard Reports Reference Guide
- List of Standard Reports in SAM.gov
- Standard reports with Administrator-only access
- What are contract data standard reports?
- How do I access standard reports
- How to modify report criteria
- How to run standard reports for contract opportunities
- Search More Resources
- Keyword Search Standard Reports
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Video: How to use ad hoc reports
- Ad Hoc Reports Reference Guide
- About Ad Hoc Reporting
- What are ad hoc reports?
- How to find ad hoc reports
- How to edit a saved ad hoc report
- Attributes and metrics in ad hoc reports
- About My Subscriptions and History List
- Search More Resources
- Keyword Search Ad Hoc Reports
- Training Videos
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Why can't I access the ad hoc report builder to make edits to the report criteria?
- I tried to edit my ad hoc report but can only see summaries.
- Why can't I schedule my standard/administrative contract data report?
- Why can't I schedule my report after I change it?
- I selected more than one organization in my standard or administrative reports but the reports aren't showing what I expected
- Why do I have to run my ad hoc report before saving?
- Why am I unable to specify how to export my report?
- Why is my exported contract data report full of hashtags (#) in Excel?
- I want to share my report with someone. Why isn't their email in the list?
- Why didn't my recipient get the report I sent them?
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Video: Contract Data Reports Class
- Video: Standard, Static, and Administrative Reports
- Video: How to drill in reports
- Video: Sharing Reports
- Where to find Contract Data Reports on SAM.gov
- What access do I need for Contract Data Reports?
- What are the report size and data range limitations on reports?
- How to share and send report results
- How to print a report
- Search More Resources
- All FAQs for Contract Data
- Training Videos
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- Video: How to Search Wage Determinations
- What is the importance of wage determinations (WDs)?
- How does the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) categorize wage determinations (WDs) for Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) contracts?
- How to find information about the wage determination applicable to my contract action
- How to find Davis Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations
- How to search for Service Contract Act (SCA) wage determinations
- How to find the latest DBA and/or SCA wage determinations in SAM.gov
- How do I locate and complete the form to request a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) wage determination (WD)?
- Search More Resources
- FAQs for Wage Determinations
- Training Videos
- Glossary Terms
- Annual Prevailing Wage compliance Training
- Keyword Search Davis Bacon Act (DBA)
- Conduct your own search
- Popular Topics
- What is the federal hierarchy
- How to search a federal hierarchy
- Search More Resources
- FAQs for Federal Hierarchy
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- Conduct your own search
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- How to filter by entity
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- Get started with posting opportunities
- How to post an opportunity
- How to manage attachments
- About Controlled Attachments
- How to delete an attachment
- How to enable the interested vendor list (IVL) on my opportunity
- How to amend an opportunity
- How to cancel an opportunity
- How to edit a notice
- How to delete a notice
- What are the different notice types for contract opportunities?
- How to find your administrator for contract opportunities (federal only)
- How to view administrative reports for contract opportunities
- Public Contract Opportunities API
- Search More Resources
- Keyword Search posting opportunities
- Keyword Search posting notices
- Conduct your own search
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- Video: Assistance Listings Management
- How to manage assistance listings
- Required access for supporting assistance listings
- How to create or revise an assistance program
- How to change a listing title
- How to change the agency on a listing
- How to transfer a listing within an organization
- How to add regional locations
- How to view drafts submitted for review
- How to meet the annual update requirement
- How to approve assistance listings
- How to retract programs
- How to edit or delete an assistance listing
- How to create and approve a change request
- How to manage listing archives
- How to run an administrative report for Assistance Listings
- Search More Resources
- FAQs for Assistance Listings
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- Glossary Terms
- Conduct your own search
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- Quick Start Guide for federal exclusions administration
- Quick Start Guide for searching exclusions
- Video: Managing Exclusions
- How to search entities and exclusions
- How to download the exclusions file
- Understanding the exclusions extract
- Types of exclusions
- Legacy CT Codes
- Agency exclusions Points of Contact
- Search More Resources
- Keyword Search Exclusions
- FAQs for Exclusions
- Training Videos
- Conduct your own search
Look in the subtopics of this menu for Service Contract Reporting (SCR) and BioPreferred Reporting
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- Quick Start Guide for Federal Entity Registration and Administration
- Entity Management API
- View the Managing Roles topic for information on managing roles within your federal entity
- What is the user directory
- Identity proofing is not required for federal entities
- How to get access to SAM.gov to award contracts or process payments
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- Keyword Search Federal Entity
- FAQs for all Entity Registration (federal and non federal)
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If you're new to SAM.gov, review this menu for information about how to start your account. Other topics on this help landing page provide details about things you can do in SAM.gov.