2 CFR § 25.300 - Requirement for recipients to ensure subrecipients have a unique entity identifier.

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title: "2 CFR § 25.300 - Requirement for recipients to ensure subrecipients have a unique entity identifier."
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "25.300"
section_name: "Requirement for recipients to ensure subrecipients have a unique entity identifier."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER AND SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note; 31 U.S.C. 6102; 31 U.S.C. 6307; 41 U.S.C. 2313; Pub. L. 109-282; Pub. L. 110-252; Pub. L. 113-101; Pub. L. 117-40."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30109, Apr. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 25.300 Requirement for recipients to ensure subrecipients have a unique entity identifier.

(a) A recipient may not make a subaward to a subrecipient that has not obtained a UEI and provided it to the recipient. Subrecipients are not required to complete full registration in *SAM.gov* to obtain a UEI.

(b) A recipient must notify any potential subrecipients that the recipient cannot make a subaward unless the subrecipient obtains and provides a UEI to the recipient.