Several of you have reached out to me with questions about the intersection of USAID's UEI assistance exception guidance/acquisition deviation and FFATA reporting requirements which necessitate a UEI. Here is the guidance I have been given from USAID:
"Access to FSRS.gov to conduct any FFATA -related reporting will not be available to the prime until they have a UEI.
When the deviation under AAPD 22-03 is utilized, prime contractors will need to wait until their UEI is obtained before conducting any FFATA reporting. In AAPD 22-03, Section II ("Required Actions") notes under Step 10 ("Update the award and systems") that the CO must update the Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation (FPDS-NG) with the UEI; this is the step that will then allow the prime contractor to then conduct FFATA reporting in FSRS.gov.
Similarly, under AAPD 22-04 for assistance awards, prime recipients will not be able to conduct any reporting in FSRS.gov until they have a UEI."
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Cynthia Smith
Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy
Humentum
cynthia.smith@humentum.org------------------------------