This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for requiring submission and maintenance of representations and certifications via the System for Award Management (SAM) to--
(a) Eliminate the administrative burden for contractors of submitting the same information to various contracting offices;
(b) Establish a common source for this information to procurement offices across the Government;
(c) Incorporate by reference the contractor's representations and certifications in the awarded contract. [69 FR 76345, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 36854, July 5, 2007; 78 FR 37678, June 21, 2013; 79 FR 70341, Nov. 25, 2014]