48 CFR § 4.1803 - 4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s4.1803"
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title: "48 CFR § 4.1803 - 4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "4.1803"
section_name: "4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE AND INFORMATION MATTERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 4.1803 4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award.
(a) Contracting officers shall verify the offeror's CAGE code by reviewing the entity's registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Active registrations in SAM have had the associated CAGE codes verified.
(b) For entities not required to be registered in SAM, the contracting officer shall validate the CAGE code using the CAGE code search feature at *https://cage.dla.mil.*
[79 FR 31190, May 30, 2014, as amended at 81 FR 45867, July 14, 2016]