---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 4.1800"
title: "48"
number: "4.1800"
heading: "Scope of subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/4.1800"
---

# §4.1800. Scope of subpart.

- (a) This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for identification of commercial and government entities. The Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code system may be used, among other things, to—
  - (1) Exchange data with another contracting activity, including contract administration activities and contract payment activities;
  - (2) Exchange data with another system that requires the unique identification of a contractor entity; or
  - (3) **Identify when offerors are owned or controlled by another entity.**
- (b) For information on the unique entity identifier, which is a different identifier, see 4.605 and the provisions at 52.204-6, Unique Entity Identifier, and 52.204-7, System for Award Management.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 80374, Dec. 31, 2013, as amended at 81 FR 67738, Sept. 30, 2016]

### Source

Source: 79 FR 31190, May 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 80374, Dec. 31, 2013, as amended at 81 FR 67738, Sept. 30, 2016]