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Great marketplace! Now why is it so damn hard to sign up to do government contracts on this crappy website? https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/##11#1 https://www.s

• tvanantwerp 11y ago
  I'm still trying to figure this out. I'm stuck at getting myself a D-U-N-S number. D&B can't figure out if I really exist, though they can verify my 15-years-dead father is real and could register a business. http://www.tomvanantwerp.com/my-kafkaesque-attempt-to-make-a-few-extra-dollars/ http://www.tomvanantwerp.com/my-kafkaesque-attempt-to-make-a...
  • tomkinstinch 11y ago
    It wasn't hard for me to register my LLC for a DUNS number, and I don't recall any sort of onerous verification process, but I also used the free signup for gov't contractors[1]. It still strikes me as extremely strange that government contracts require registration with a private entity—seems like it should be done through the OMB or SBA or something. Be forewarned that if you register a DUNS entity, DnB will hound you with worthless phone calls offering "value added" services (possibly including unnecessary paid "verification"); best to use a Google voice number or a line to which you can otherwise apply a blacklist. 1. http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do
• danieltillett 11y ago
  I wrote a long step-by-step article about what you need to do [1]. It is written for Australian companies, but only a couple of steps need to be changed for any other country. 1. https://www.tillett.info/2015/12/01/how-to-register-an-australian-company-for-business-with-the-usa-government/ https://www.tillett.info/2015/12/01/how-to-register-an-austr...