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Central Contractor Registration(CCR)
The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system is a central repository of all
contractors wanting to do business with the Department of Defense (DoD). CCR is
part of the government's ongoing re-engineering of the procurement process to enhance
service to customers and to lower costs. To receive contract awards from the DoD
for solicitations issued after May 31, 1998, all companies and agencies must be
registered in the CCR. Prospective contractors must be registered in the CCR database
prior to award of a contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket
purchase agreement, unless:
- The purchase is made with a government credit card;
- You are a foreign vendor working outside the U.S.;
- The contract or purchase is classified;
- The contract is awarded in the course of military operations
by a deployed contracting officer;
- The contract is for construction
- The work is of a compelling or urgent nature
If you haven't registered for CCR, check out the web site at https://www.ccr.gov. From the web site, you can register
electronically or verify your registration. You only have to register once, but
you must confirm that the information is accurate on an annual basis. If you do
not want to register electronically, you can complete the paper registration form
and mail or fax the application to the CCR Assistance Center, phone
1-877-252-2700.
***ATTENTION***
CONTRACTORS WITH MULTIPLE CAGE CODES
CCR's primary coding is done with the DUNS number and CAGE codes as the secondary
number. If you are registering more than one CAGE code with the same DUNS, the CCR
system may overwrite (without your knowledge) earlier registrations since it can
only handle one CAGE code per DUNS number. The result will be the inability of a
government agency to verify CCR registration on a specific location prior to award
and possible award of the contract to another contractor. The new DUNS and CAGE
should be used when re-registering in the CCR system.
Due to the complexity of registering and notifying various agencies required
when using the DUNS-Plus-4, the CCR Program Office is highly recommending that contractors
obtain a separate DUNS number for each additional CAGE/location.
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