---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.625"
title: "47"
number: "54.625"
heading: "Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.625"
---

# §54.625. Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes.

- (a) **Corrective SPIN change.** A “corrective SPIN change” is any amendment to the SPIN associated with a Funding Request Number that does not involve a change to the service provider associated with that Funding Request Number. An applicant under the Telecommunications Program or the Healthcare Connect Fund Program may file a request for a corrective SPIN change with the Administrator to:
  - (1) Correct ministerial errors;
  - (2) Update the service provider's SPIN that resulted from a merger or acquisition of companies; or
  - (3) Effectuate a change to the SPIN that does not involve a change to the service provider of a funding request and was not initiated by the applicant.
- (b) **Operational SPIN Change.** An “operational SPIN change” is any change to the service provider associated with a Funding Request Number. An applicant under the Telecommunications Program or the Healthcare Connect Fund Program may file a request for an operational SPIN change with the Administrator if:
  - (1) The applicant has a legitimate reason to change providers (e.g., breach of contract or the service provider is unable to perform); and
  - (2) The applicant's newly selected service provider received the next highest point value in the original bid evaluation, assuming there were multiple bidders.
- (c) **Filing deadline.** An applicant must file its request for a corrective or operational SPIN change with the Administrator no later than the invoice filing deadline as defined by [§ 54.627](/cfr/47/54.627.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, as amended at 89 FR 1846, Jan. 11, 2024]

### Source

Source: 84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, as amended at 89 FR 1846, Jan. 11, 2024]