System for Award Management (SAM) is the single point of entry for Federal buyers to publish Federal government procurement opportunities across departments and agencies. US Federal Government complex contracting and procurement business processes require that all opportunities over a certain amount, must be posted to SAM , where suppliers seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor, and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.
CLM supports FAR, DFARS, and other agency regulations that define the federal business processes, and encompasses a full procure-to-pay process flow within Oracle e-Business Suite which maximizes benefits to federal users. CLM enables contracting officers to drive operational excellence in federal procurement functions and enables the agencies to cut procurement costs dramatically. By providing the end-to-end business intelligence with a single source of data, CLM provides data transparency and visibility and provides contracting officers with support for strategic planning and improved decision making.
Types of notices:
Presolicitation Notice - Synopsis: FAR requires the submission of this document before the publication of any further actions.
Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice: Any changes to a presolicitation Notice can be posted when there is a previous presolicitation notice as well.
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation: When a written solicitation is issued, the contracting officer may combine the synopsis and the issuance of the solicitation into a single document.
Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation: This notice is used for the publication of amendments or corrections to a previously announced (posted) combined solicitation action.
Sources Sought Notice: The Sources Sought template is used when determining the availability of commercial sources under the procedures prescribed in FAR. The intent of this government contract activity is to identify potential qualified small businesses that can perform a specific service.
Secure Technical Document Package Notice: Document Packages are groups of attachments that support opportunities.
Note: When you use REST services to post contract opportunities to SAM, the following forms are not supported:
Secure Technical Document Package
Document Upload
When a presolicitation notice is posted to SAM, a notification is sent to the requester, providing the notice details.
When publishing a solicitation amendment, the system checks whether the presolicitation notice is published for the corresponding base document. If it is published for the base document, then the document upload for amendments is done successfully.
If the presolicitation notice is not posted, however, the notice is posted successfully for the amendment, then the Document Upload fails, telling you that the presolicitation notice is not posted.
Note that the validation for the SAM postings are performed only when the solicitation is submitted for publishing.
Attachments region:
Use the attachments region in the solicitation header to attach one or more files to the solicitation. The notice and the attachments are transmitted to SAM using web services. The following attachments can be added to your notice and solicitation:
Combined Synopsis Solicitation - To SAM
Presolicitation - To SAM
Sources Sought - To SAM
For attachments in abstracts and forms of version 10:
The attachment name must be unique while posting notices. Otherwise, an error appears.
When you post modification notices, the application considers only those attachments that are created after the successful posting of the previous notice.
When you post the following notices, the attachments are automatically posted to SAM along with the contract opportunity:
Solicitation
Solicitation Amendment
Combined Synopsis
Amendment to Combined Synopsis
When you create a solicitation, you can use the Abstract and Forms region to associate a notice to the solicitation document. See Creating a Solicitation Header for more information.
When you create a solicitation amendment, the forms or notices associated with the base solicitation are not copied over to the amendment. When a solicitation amendment is conformed with the base document and published, the SAM forms or notices associated with the amendment are not copied over to the conformed copy of the solicitation which is in Active status.
See: Abstracts and Forms to learn more about how abstracts and forms are used to integrate with SAM.
See: FedBizOpps Compliance Report.
See "Integrating with System for Award Management (SAM)" section in the Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector Implementation Guide for information on how to set up the integration.