Get a DUNS Number and Register
with the Central Contractor Registry
Office of Management & Budget Requirement:
DUNS Number for all Federal Applicants
In order to improve the statistical reporting of federal
grants and cooperative agreements, the Office of Management
and Budget directed federal agencies to require all
applicants to provide a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B)
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number when
applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements
on or after October 1, 2003. The DUNS number is now
required whether an applicant is submitting a paper
or an electronic application, and whether an applicant
is applying for a new award or renewal of a current
award.
Use of the DUNS number government-wide will provide
a cost-effective means to identify entities receiving
those awards and their business relationships. The
identifier will be used for tracking purposes, and
to validate address and point of contact information.
The DUNS number already is in use by the federal government
to identify entities receiving federal contracts,
and by some agencies in their grant and cooperative
agreement processes.
Individuals who would personally receive a grant
or cooperative agreement award from the federal government
apart from any business or non-profit organization
they may operate and foreign entities are exempt from
this requirement. Organizations can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free
DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-5711 or on-line
at the Dun & Bradstreet Web site.
If your organization does not have a DUNS number,
and you anticipate that your organization will apply
for a grant or cooperative agreement now or in the
future, you should take steps to obtain a DUNS number
in advance of the application deadline. If your organization
does not have a DUNS number, you may not be able to
apply for Federal grants or cooperative agreements.
Future potential applicants should also consider requesting
a DUNS number now if there is any intention of applying
for a Federal grant in the future.
Register in the Central Contract Registry
(CCR)
In order to help centralize information about grant
recipients and provide a central location for grant
recipients to change organizational information, the
government will be using the Central Contractor Registry
(CCR) for grant applicants and recipients. Use of
the CCR is to provide one location for applicants
and recipients to change information about their organization
and enter information on where government payments
should be made. The registry will enable recipients
to make a change in one place and one time for all
Federal agencies to use.
General Information
Organizations should register on how they want to
do business. A separate registration in the CCR may
be required if an organization wants to have a single
unit conduct business and it has a direct payment
flow to that organization, it would require a separate
DUNS number specified for that unit (if a different
address from the parent organization). If the same
address, the organization could use the DUNS + 4 found
in the CCR. For example, a university that wants to
have its payment information flow through one central
point for grants should register as the entity doing
business with the government. This registration would
require a specific DUNS number for that business.
Instructions for Registering
For complete information and to register in the CCR,
go to the CCR Web site.
Before registering, review the Central
Contractor Registration Handbook. In the handbook
is a Registration Worksheet. It is recommended that
registrants print this worksheet and gather the needed
information prior to starting the online registration
process. The fastest and easiest way to register is
on-line.
Allow a minimum of 5 days to complete the CCR registration.
Organizations can register independently of submitting
a grant application.
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