Another Curve Ball Coming With CCR

On May 29, 2012, the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system was scheduled to go away.  CCR, along with other systems, will be migrated into the new System for Award Management (SAM).  SAM is combining eight federal procurement systems and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance into one new system.
This may reduce the number of passwords you need to remember, reduce the number of systems you need to enter and interact with, and reduce data duplication by sharing the data across the lifecycle of your contract or grant award.  To help you better understand how this will work, SAM training is available online. Please visit SAM.gov for more information.

What does the transition to SAM mean for you?  Here are answers to a few of your most pressing concerns:

I have a current CCR registration – What do I do?
You do not need to do anything right away. When it’s time to renew your current CCR registration, you will do it in SAM.

What will happen to my data?
Your data will be migrated from CCR into SAM.  It will be in SAM when you are ready to access it.  When it’s time to renew your registration, you will go to SAM.gov, create a simple SAM user account, and follow the online instructions to validate and update your information.

What if my registration expires close to the CCR-to-SAM transition?
If your CCR registration was set to expire between May 15, 2012 and July 15, 2012, we are extending your expiration date by 90 days.  You will receive an e-mail notification from CCR when we extend your expiration date.  You will receive standard e-mail reminders to update your record based on this new expiration date. Those e-mail notifications will come from SAM.

What is the timeline for the CCR transition to SAM?
The transition was planned for the Memorial Day weekend.  CCR was shut down in order to successfully migrate the data into SAM.  CCR’s last business day was Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  It will no longer accept new registrations or updates to current registrations.  SAM went live on Tuesday morning, May 29, 2012.

When will CCR stop accepting new registrations or updates to current registrations?
CCR stopped accepting data at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  No new registrations or updates to existing registrations can be submitted via CCR any more.

Where can I find more information about SAM?
Training material and system overview briefings are posted at SAM.gov .