This is new to me:
Contractors have to register with dnb.com for a DUNS number in order to register in SAM, which is required in order to get a government contract.
CCR, and now SAM, allow an entity with a single DUNS to add 4-digit suffixes ("DUNS+4") to create multiple accounts within CCR/ SAM for different contracts.
DUNS+4 can help businesses segregate funds and manage contracts.
A small business was recently contacted by DLA, who assigns CAGE Codes, and was told that they could no longer use the DUNS+4 numbers that they registered in CCR.
Each DUNS+4 number gets a separate CAGE Code, and DLA is rationing these Codes - after they were already issued.
This SB has a current Kt awarded through CCR using an old DUNS+4, and now has to get the CO to mod the Kt to show their basic DUNS (without the "+4" extension) and corresponding CAGE Code.
Separately,
they also have an offer pending with a different agency that was submitted using another DUNS+4, and I advised them that they need to notify the PCO to change both DUNS and CAGE.
The DUNS+4 and associated CAGE Code that were put on the SF-1449 no longer show up in SAM.
Why is DLA doing this ?
Are they running low on electrons ?