GSA Addresses Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’s Impacts on SAM.Gov

Source:EXECGOV

The General Services Administration announced that changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or FAR, as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, or RFO, initiative will impact the System for Award Management website.

GSA said Monday SAM.gov includes three types of certifications and representations that a company attests to in order to do business with the government: Type 1: entity-level; Type 2: procurement-specific; and Type 3: By Submission of Offer representations and certifications.

Under RFO, SAM.gov will continue to collect Type 1 certifications and representations, but will stop gathering Type 2 and Type 3 certifications and representations.

Once removed from SAM.gov, Types 2 and 3 representations and certifications will be included in solicitations and resultant contracts in the future.

At the earliest, GSA noted that SAM.gov system changes are not expected to occur before January 2026.

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are working with the GSA Office of the Integrated Award Environment and the Procurement Committee for e-Government to evaluate the RFO’s impacts on SAM.gov. In the next fiscal year, the FAR Council will issue plans for system changes and implementation timelines and a list of impacted provisions, representations, certifications and clauses.

Until the changes are made in SAM.gov, companies may still be required to submit information that is no longer enforced or required. As agency RFO deviations are issued, contracting officers will likely be required to use the updated clauses and provisions.

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