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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">PGI 204.1870-1</ph> Instructions to contracting officers.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">Contracting officers shall—</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) Assist offerors in obtaining the required Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) codes. Note that if an offeror’s facility requires security clearance in accordance with a potential contract, the offeror is required to have a CAGE code assigned to that facility. If the facility is a location other than the offeror’s office submitting the proposal, that facility is not required to be separately registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to have a CAGE code assigned. Offerors may be directed to the DLA CAGE Branch (see PGI 
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            (c) for contact information);</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) Not deny a potential offeror a solicitation package because the offeror does not have a CAGE code, <ph rev="Revised December 18, 2024" class="- topic/ph ">unique entity identifier</ph>, or TIN;</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c) Not require a contractor to register sections or locations of their organization in SAM for reasons not already required by clauses present in their contracts in order to obtain a CAGE code; and</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(d) Not require a contractor to obtain new CAGE codes or change CAGE code records assigned to their locations solely for Government administration purposes (such as a result of a Government reorganization, change in Government contracting officer or office) or for distinction in Government systems beyond physical address and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) data.</p>
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