47 CFR § 54.625 - Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s54.625"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 54.625 - Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "54.625"
section_name: "Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "54"
part_name: "UNIVERSAL SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "54"
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# 54.625 Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes.
(a) *Corrective SPIN change.* A “corrective SPIN change” is any amendment to the SPIN associated with a Funding Request Number that does not involve a change to the service provider associated with that Funding Request Number. An applicant under the Telecommunications Program or the Healthcare Connect Fund Program may file a request for a corrective SPIN change with the Administrator to:
(1) Correct ministerial errors;
(2) Update the service provider's SPIN that resulted from a merger or acquisition of companies; or
(3) Effectuate a change to the SPIN that does not involve a change to the service provider of a funding request and was not initiated by the applicant.
(b) *Operational SPIN Change.* An “operational SPIN change” is any change to the service provider associated with a Funding Request Number. An applicant under the Telecommunications Program or the Healthcare Connect Fund Program may file a request for an operational SPIN change with the Administrator if:
(1) The applicant has a legitimate reason to change providers (*e.g.,* breach of contract or the service provider is unable to perform); and
(2) The applicant's newly selected service provider received the next highest point value in the original bid evaluation, assuming there were multiple bidders.
(c) *Filing deadline.* An applicant must file its request for a corrective or operational SPIN change with the Administrator no later than the invoice filing deadline as defined by § 54.627.
[84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, as amended at 89 FR 1846, Jan. 11, 2024]