{"asOf":"2026-09-05","merchant":"SSDF INC","kind":"clerk","id":"sam","title":"SAM.gov / UEI","kicker":"The registration clerk","body":"GSA's System for Award Management issues the Unique Entity ID. You cannot bid most federal work without an active SAM record. This is the county-clerk analog for entering the DIB — public, free, and not SSDF.","url":"https://sam.gov/","ssdf":"SSDF does not register entities in SAM and does not broker UEIs."}