SAM.gov
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SAM.gov is the U.S. federal government’s official online portal for registering entities and searching, applying for, and managing federal awards and contracts.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SAM.gov canonical | 11 |
| beta.SAM.gov | 2 |
| Contract Opportunities module of SAM.gov | 1 |
| SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | 1 |
| SAM.gov assistance listings | 1 |
| SAM.gov contract data system | 1 |
| SAM.gov wage determinations module | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2913011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SAM.gov Context triple: [Integrated Award Environment, includesSystem, SAM.gov]
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A.
U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
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B.
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
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C.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
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D.
va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
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E.
SBA
The Sovereign Base Areas are two British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve as strategic military bases for the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SAM.gov Target entity description: SAM.gov is the U.S. federal government’s official online portal for registering entities and searching, applying for, and managing federal awards and contracts.
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A.
U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration is a U.S. government agency that supports and promotes small businesses through loans, counseling, contracts, and innovation-focused programs.
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B.
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
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C.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
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D.
va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
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E.
SBA
The Sovereign Base Areas are two British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve as strategic military bases for the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal procurement system
ⓘ
government website ⓘ online portal ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SAM ⓘ |
| access | publicly accessible ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataType |
assistance listings
ⓘ
contract opportunity notices ⓘ entity registration data ⓘ exclusions and debarment records ⓘ federal award data ⓘ wage determinations ⓘ |
| domain | sam.gov ⓘ |
| fullName |
System for Award Management
ⓘ
linked to:
Integrated Award Environment
|
| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| hasSection |
assistance listings
ⓘ
contract opportunities ⓘ data bank ⓘ entity registration ⓘ federal hierarchy ⓘ integrated award environment ⓘ wage determinations ⓘ |
| integrates |
CFDA
ⓘ
linked to:
CFDA.gov
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance ⓘ FPDS ⓘ
linked to:
FPDS-NG
FSRS ⓘ Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Procurement Data System
Federal Procurement Data System ⓘ Federal Service Desk ⓘ WDOL ⓘ Wage Determinations Online ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| loginMethod | login.gov account ⓘ |
| operatedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| operatorAbbreviation | GSA ⓘ |
| operatorType | federal agency ⓘ |
| partOf | Integrated Award Environment ⓘ |
| previouslyRequired | DUNS number ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable searching for federal assistance listings and grants
ⓘ
enable searching for federal contract opportunities ⓘ provide a central registration system for federal award recipients ⓘ provide a single point of entry for federal award management ⓘ provide entity validation and exclusion information ⓘ register entities to do business with the U.S. federal government ⓘ support federal acquisition and assistance processes ⓘ |
| registrationCost | free ⓘ |
| regulatoryBasis |
FAR
ⓘ
Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ Office of Management and Budget guidance ⓘ |
| replaced |
CCR
ⓘ
Central Contractor Registration ⓘ EPLS ⓘ Excluded Parties List System ⓘ ORCA ⓘ Online Representations and Certifications Application ⓘ |
| requires |
UEI
ⓘ
Unique Entity Identifier ⓘ |
| security | uses login.gov for user authentication ⓘ |
| supports |
download of public award data
ⓘ
search by CAGE code ⓘ search by Unique Entity Identifier ⓘ search by entity name ⓘ |
| targetUser |
businesses seeking federal contracts
ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ federal contracting officers ⓘ grant-making officials ⓘ individual federal award applicants ⓘ local governments ⓘ nonprofit organizations seeking federal awards ⓘ state governments ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cooperative agreements
ⓘ
entity registration renewal ⓘ federal contract awards ⓘ federal grant awards ⓘ federal procurement data reporting ⓘ managing federal award data ⓘ other federal financial assistance ⓘ representations and certifications for federal contracts ⓘ searching entity registrations ⓘ tracking exclusions and debarments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SAM.gov Description of subject: SAM.gov is the U.S. federal government’s official online portal for registering entities and searching, applying for, and managing federal awards and contracts.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SAM.gov
linked to: SAM.gov
linked to: SAM.gov
linked to: SAM.gov
linked to: SAM.gov
linked to: SAM.gov