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Setting up SAM.gov Integration

This content applies solely to Award Management, which must be purchased separately from the Appian base platform. This content was written for Appian 23.3 and may not reflect the interfaces or functionality of other Appian versions.

Introduction

Appian's Award Management comes with an integration to SAM.gov. In order to utilize this capability, you will need to register for a key from SAM.gov and configure the application to use the key provided. This page provides instructions for registering for your key and configuring your application.

Register for SAM.gov key

To utilize this integration, you will need to register for an API key.

  1. Navigate to https://sam.gov/content/home.
  2. Create a new account by choosing to sign up.
  3. Go to the Workspace tab.

  4. Select the Profile link above your user name and icon.

    samgov apikeygen

  5. You can then request an API key. Copy this API key when it is generated.

Configure application

After receiving your email from SAM.gov, you will need to configure your application to use the saved API key.

  1. Access your Appian Designer.
  2. In your application, select AS AM Full Application.
  3. On the left side under object type, select Connected System.
  4. Select AS AM CS Search API for SAM.gov.
  5. Find the Value field and click the Clear link next to it.
  6. In the cleared Value field, paste the saved API key.

  7. Click SAVE.

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    Both the Responsibility/Qualification-related action and the initial research action via the Research tab execute a process using the process model AS AM Initiate Research Execution. This process model will:

  8. Update the award record if the FAPIIS-related action is triggered.
  9. Call the AS AM Responsibility Research process model.
  10. Create a confirmation checklist item if the Responsibility/Qualification-related action is triggered.

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