Overview

The federal government is moving away from using the DUNS number and is replacing it with a new non-proprietary identifier, the Unique Entity Identifier, UEI. On April 4, 2022, the federal government will stop using the DUNS number to uniquely identify entities registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). At that point, entities doing business with the federal government will use a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) created in SAM.gov. 
For details on why this transition is happening, please refer to the GSA website, gsa.gov/entityid.

To support this transition, HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) are being updated to enhance all fields that are labeled as DUNS number fields to UEI fields and are updating the associated processes, such as organization registration pages.

What is the UEI?

The Unique Entity Identifier is the new 12-digit alphanumeric identifier that will be provided by SAM.gov registration to all entities who register to do business with the federal government (including the existing entities). This is the identifier which is replacing the use of the DUNS.

What does this mean for me?

  • To apply for a HRSA funding opportunity on or after March 24, 2022, your organization must have a UEI.  
  • Ensure your UEI is reflected in the EHBs.  
    • You can find the UEI in the Organization Folder.  
    • If you see the UEI no further action is needed.
    • If you do not see the UEI listed in the EHBs, ensure your organization is registered in SAM.gov and update organization details as needed.   
      • Note: Any changes to organization details may take up to two days to be validated and reflected in SAM.gov, and an additional day in the EHBs. 
    • After receiving your UEI from SAM.gov, reach out to your grant and program office contacts to provide them with the UEI. 

What pages are being updated?

The following forms are being updated with the March 24, 2022 release:

    • NCC Progress Report Forms (SF-PPR)
    • Property Tracking Forms (SF-428 and SF-428B)
    • FFR SF-425


Example of changes in the EHBs

NCC Progress Report Forms (SF-PPR)

The SF-PPR for New Competing Continuation Progress Reports now displays the UEI field in the Grantee Organization Information section. 

Property Tracking Forms (SF-428 and SF-428B)

The SF-428 and SF-428B Property Tracking Forms have been updated to display the UEI in field 3a. 

Note: Existing SF-428 and SF-428B Forms will continue to display the DUNS, while new forms will display the UEI. 

The Read Only versions of the SF-428 and SF-428B forms also display the UEI field. 

FFR SF-425