Supplier and Supplier Site Attributes
The following supplier attributes are supported to capture information required on the Supplier and Supplier Sites to support the GTAS, DATA Act, and System for Award Management (SAM) interfaces:
Note: Federal Account Symbols and Treasury Account Symbols must be
defined.
| Name | Description | Optional/Required/Not Allowed | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal or Non-Federal Code |
Indicates the type of entity involved in transactions with the reporting entity: Federal: other federal agencies General Fund: U.S. Government only Non-Federal: entities such as private/local/ state/tribal/foreign governments Non-Federal Exception: exceptions for other non-federal trading partners Federal Exception: unidentified federal trading partners |
Required | Header |
| Trading Partner Agency Identifier | Agency identifier of the supplier if it's a federal agency or a general fund supplier (009). | Required if Federal or Non-Federal Code is Federal or General Fund. | Header |
| SAM Supplier | Indicates whether the supplier is a SAM supplier. | Optional | Header |
| Entity Structure | Indicates the entity structure of the trading partner. | Optional | Header |
| Limit Trading Partner TAS to AID | Determines what trading partner TAS values can be used for the supplier and whether it's restricted to TAS values for the trading partner agency identifier. | Optional | Site |
| Default Trading Partner TAS | The trading partner treasury account symbol specified here is defaulted to the invoice line level trading partner TAS attribute. | Optional if the Federal or Non-Federal Code is Federal or General Fund, otherwise not allowed. | Site |
| Unique Entity Identifier | The primary key to identify the trading partner record for suppliers imported from SAM. | Optional | Site |
| EFT Indicator | The second part of the primary key to identify the trading partner record for suppliers imported from SAM. | Optional | Site |
| Legal Business Name | The legal business name of the entity as imported from SAM. | Optional | Site |
| DBA Name | The doing business as name of the entity as imported from SAM. | Optional | Site |
| Division Name | The division name or number provided by the entity. | Optional | Site |
| Agency Location Code | The ALC of the third party agency as imported from SAM. | Optional | Site |
| SAM Site | Indicates whether the supplier site is associated with SAM. | Optional | Site |
| SAM Registration Status | The trading partner’s SAM registration status, for example, Active, Expired, Deleted, and so on. | Optional | Site |
| CAGE/NCAGE Code | The Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code assigned to the trading partner. The CAGE Code is a 5-character identification number that identifies companies that do or want to do business with the federal government. CAGE Codes that are used internationally as part of the NATO Codification System (NCS) are called NCAGE Codes. | Optional | Site |
| Small/Other Than Small | The trading partner’s business type or classification. | Optional | Site |
| Debarred | The trading partner’s exclusion status if the entity has been excluded or debarred from receiving federal awards. | Optional | Site |