FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.18
FAR 4.1802 Policy.
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 requires offerors to give the contracting officer their CAGE code before award of certain contract actions above the micro-purchase threshold, when SAM registration or a unique entity identifier is required. Offerors that are owned or controlled by another entity must also provide that entity's CAGE code and legal name. The contracting officer must then include the contractor's CAGE code in the contract and in electronic transmissions of contract data.
Applies to: Offerors and contracting officers in covered contract actions above the micro-purchase threshold
What it requires
- Provide the contracting officer the CAGE code assigned to the offeror's location prior to award, when SAM registration or a unique entity identifier is required in the solicitation
- If owned or controlled by another entity, provide the contracting officer that entity's CAGE code and legal name prior to award
- Contracting officer must include the contractor's CAGE code in the contract and in electronic transmissions of contract data when provided
Key terms: CAGE code · micro-purchase threshold · System for Award Management (SAM) · unique entity identifier · offeror
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Commercial and Government Entity code. (1) Offerors shall provide the contracting officer the CAGE code assigned to that offeror's location prior to the award of a contract action above the micro-purchase threshold, when there is a requirement to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) or a requirement to have a unique entity identifier in the solicitation.
(2) The contracting officer shall include the contractor's CAGE code in the contract and in any electronic transmissions of the contract data to other systems when it is provided in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
(b) Ownership or control of offeror. Offerors, if owned or controlled by another entity, shall provide the contracting officer with the CAGE code and legal name of that entity prior to the award of a contract action above the micro-purchase threshold, when there is a requirement to be registered in SAM or a requirement to have a unique entity identifier in the solicitation.
← 4.1801 Definitions. · 4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 4
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk ↗ · proposed 2025-01-13
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.