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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 18: Emergency Acquisitions › Subpart 18.1

FAR 18.102 System for Award Management.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section lists limited situations where contractors do not need to be registered in SAM when submitting offers or quotations, such as urgent awards or certain overseas or emergency contracting. It also states that SAM registration is still required to access the Disaster Response Registry, which contracting officers use to find contractors for disaster relief work.

Applies to: Contractors submitting offers or quotations in the listed urgent, overseas, or emergency situations, and contracting officers consulting the Disaster Response Registry

What it requires

  • Be registered in SAM to gain access to the Disaster Response Registry

Key terms: System for Award Management (SAM) · Disaster Response Registry · full and open competition · unusual and compelling urgency · danger pay post

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The text

(a) In accordance with 4.1102, contractors are not required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of submission of offers or quotations for—

(1) Contracts awarded without providing for full and open competition due to unusual and compelling urgency (see 6.302-2); or

(2) Contracts awarded by a contracting officer—

(i) Deployed in the course of military operations;

(ii) Located outside the United States and its outlying areas, for work to be performed in support of diplomatic or developmental operations, in an area that has been designated by the Department of State as a danger pay post; or

(iii) In the conduct of emergency operations.

(b) However, contractors are required to be registered in SAM in order to gain access to the Disaster Response Registry.

(c) Contracting officers shall consult the Disaster Response Registry via https://www.sam.gov, Search Records, Advanced Search, Disaster Response Registry Search to determine the availability of contractors for debris removal, distribution of supplies, reconstruction, and other disaster or emergency relief activities inside the United States and outlying areas. (See 26.205).

Sections it refers to

← 18.101 General. · 18.103 Synopses of proposed contract actions. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 18

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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