Term
UEI
Unique Entity ID
The 12-character ID SAM.gov assigns your business; it replaced the DUNS number.
Your business's identity across federal systems. SAM.gov issues it, free, during entity registration, and it replaced the privately issued DUNS number in 2022. Award records, registrations, and payment systems all key off it.
In a sentence
"Include your UEI on the cover page." It is on your SAM.gov entity record; anyone selling you a UEI is selling you a free thing.
Also called
- unique entity identifier
- SAM UEI
Terms like this show up in every federal notice. We translate them in place, on every notice in your trade.