Does DataInside replace SAM.gov registration?

No. Registration, your UEI and bidding all happen on SAM.gov. DataInside is for researching the companies and markets around those bids.

Does DataInside use SAM.gov data?

Award data comes from USAspending.gov today. SAM.gov's public registration data is the next source under review, and only its public tier will be used.

DataInside and SAM.gov

SAM.gov is where companies register to do business with the US government and where agencies post contract opportunities. Here is what it does best, and what DataInside adds for researching the companies that win.

What SAM.gov does well

It is the government's own system, run by the General Services Administration: companies register there and get their Unique Entity ID (UEI).
Contract opportunities: agencies post solicitations and notices there, and anyone can search them.
Entity information and exclusions show who is registered and who is barred from federal awards.
It also holds assistance listings, wage determinations, the federal hierarchy of agencies and offices, and contract data reports.
Public data extracts and APIs are available, under the terms that come with each.

What it isn't built for

It is built for registering, bidding and reporting, not for comparing the companies that win: past awards live on USAspending.gov.
Some of its data is sensitive and may only be used inside government; its terms forbid building a public view from those parts.
Following a market means saving searches one at a time; it doesn't rank companies by what they win.

What DataInside adds

The winning side of the market: what each company has won, from which agencies and buying offices, in which industries and places.
Market pages by agency, office, industry, state, set-aside and contract vehicle, with the companies that win that work.
A signals feed and a weekly digest of new awards, so you see who is winning as it happens.
Only public-tier data: DataInside shows nothing that SAM.gov's terms reserve for government use.
A rule for every fact: it shows its source, when we collected it and what it may be used for.

When to use which

Use SAM.gov for

Registering your company and keeping its UEI active
Finding and responding to contract opportunities
Checking exclusions before you team with someone

Use DataInside for

Seeing who wins the work you bid on
Finding teaming partners by what they have actually won
Following competitors and agencies over time

Questions

Does DataInside replace SAM.gov registration?: No. Registration, your UEI and bidding all happen on SAM.gov. DataInside is for researching the companies and markets around those bids.
Does DataInside use SAM.gov data?: Award data comes from USAspending.gov today. SAM.gov's public registration data is the next source under review, and only its public tier will be used.

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What SAM.gov does well

It is the government's own system, run by the General Services Administration: companies register there and get their Unique Entity ID (UEI).

Contract opportunities: agencies post solicitations and notices there, and anyone can search them.

Entity information and exclusions show who is registered and who is barred from federal awards.

It also holds assistance listings, wage determinations, the federal hierarchy of agencies and offices, and contract data reports.

Public data extracts and APIs are available, under the terms that come with each.

What it isn't built for

It is built for registering, bidding and reporting, not for comparing the companies that win: past awards live on USAspending.gov.

Some of its data is sensitive and may only be used inside government; its terms forbid building a public view from those parts.

Following a market means saving searches one at a time; it doesn't rank companies by what they win.

What DataInside adds

The winning side of the market: what each company has won, from which agencies and buying offices, in which industries and places.

Market pages by agency, office, industry, state, set-aside and contract vehicle, with the companies that win that work.

A signals feed and a weekly digest of new awards, so you see who is winning as it happens.

Only public-tier data: DataInside shows nothing that SAM.gov's terms reserve for government use.

A rule for every fact: it shows its source, when we collected it and what it may be used for.

When to use which

Use SAM.gov for

Registering your company and keeping its UEI active
Finding and responding to contract opportunities
Checking exclusions before you team with someone

Use DataInside for

Seeing who wins the work you bid on
Finding teaming partners by what they have actually won
Following competitors and agencies over time

Questions

Does DataInside replace SAM.gov registration?: No. Registration, your UEI and bidding all happen on SAM.gov. DataInside is for researching the companies and markets around those bids.
Does DataInside use SAM.gov data?: Award data comes from USAspending.gov today. SAM.gov's public registration data is the next source under review, and only its public tier will be used.