SAM Registration: Defining “Immediate Owner” and “Highest-Level Owner”

SAM.gov is something every federal government contractor has to deal with for actions like searching solicitations and registering to be a federal contractor. As every federal contractor wanting to do business with the federal government has to register on SAM, the questionnaires on SAM must cover a wide array of different possible businesses and business structures. As much as SAM tries to make sure to cover all the possibilities, inevitably, there are some questions that could have so many answers that contractors will often have their own questions about how to answer them properly. One of the most common questions that come up from contractors during SAM registration is “what do I put for Immediate Owner on SAM?” or “what does Highest-Level Owner mean?”

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