Question 1

What is DiligenceDesk?

Accepted Answer

DiligenceDesk is a free federal-contractor due-diligence tool. One search returns a unified verdict across SAM.gov entity registration and exclusions, ITA Consolidated Screening List sanctions, U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour and OSHA enforcement records, Section 889 prohibited-hardware checks, USAspending federal award history, SEC EDGAR filings, GLEIF ownership data, and NIST NVD cybersecurity exposure. DiligenceDesk is built and operated by Orygn LLC.

Question 2

Is DiligenceDesk free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. DiligenceDesk is free. No account is required, there is no paywall, and there are no feature tiers. A Cloudflare Turnstile challenge runs on the first search of a session to prevent automated abuse, and the audit endpoint is rate-limited at roughly ten requests per minute per client.

Question 3

What data does DiligenceDesk use to screen vendors?

Accepted Answer

DiligenceDesk queries public federal data in real time: SAM.gov (System for Award Management) for legal-entity registration and exclusions; the U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division for labor enforcement; the Department of Commerce International Trade Administration for the Consolidated Screening List; USAspending.gov for federal contract and grant history; SEC EDGAR for public-company filings; GLEIF for Legal Entity Identifier lookups; NIST NVD for CVE/CVSS cybersecurity data; and a local registry of Section 889 prohibited-manufacturer MAC/OUI ranges. No proprietary or paywalled datasets are used.

Question 4

How long does a single audit take?

Accepted Answer

Audits run on demand. Every upstream federal API is queried in parallel, and responses are cached in Upstash Redis for up to 24 hours to reduce upstream quota burn and improve repeat-query performance. Cold queries depend on the slowest upstream; repeat queries against the same vendor return from cache.

Question 5

Does DiligenceDesk store my searches?

Accepted Answer

Your audit history is stored locally in your browser only, not synchronized to our servers. External API responses are cached in Upstash Redis (server-side) for up to 24 hours, keyed only by the queried entity name, to reduce redundant upstream calls. Vercel request logs may retain request metadata per standard platform retention. See the Privacy Policy at https://diligencedesk.orygn.tech/privacy for full details.

Question 6

Is DiligenceDesk affiliated with the U.S. Government?

Accepted Answer

No. DiligenceDesk aggregates publicly available federal data; it does not represent an agency position, determination, or legal conclusion. DiligenceDesk is operated by Orygn LLC, a private company. Results should be used as a first-pass screening aid and reviewed by analyst, compliance, or counsel before any contract award decision.

Question 7

How do I check if a company is registered in SAM.gov?

Accepted Answer

Enter the company's legal name, UEI, or CAGE code into DiligenceDesk and submit. The audit returns the SAM.gov registration status (Active / Inactive / Expired), the legal entity record (legal name, UEI, CAGE), federal exclusions, and a unified verdict that combines that signal with seven additional federal datasets. To check directly without a tool, search the entity by legal name or UEI at sam.gov; SAM.gov's entity search is free and does not require an account.

Question 8

Is SAM.gov free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SAM.gov registration, entity search, and exclusion lookup are all free. The U.S. General Services Administration operates SAM.gov as a U.S. Government website. Any third-party service charging a fee for SAM.gov registration or access is acting independently of the government and is not required to use the official portal at sam.gov.

Question 9

How long does SAM.gov registration take?

Accepted Answer

A new SAM.gov entity registration typically takes 7 to 10 business days from submission to active status, assuming all required information (legal entity name, UEI, IRS TIN consent, banking information for awards, NAICS codes) is correct on first submission. SAM.gov requires re-registration annually to keep an entity active and eligible for federal awards.

Question 10

What does an active SAM.gov registration mean?

Accepted Answer

Active means the entity has completed SAM.gov registration, kept the annual update current, and is technically eligible to receive federal contracts and assistance awards. Active is necessary but not sufficient: an Active vendor may still have federal exclusions, sensitive-sector exposure, recent labor or safety enforcement, Section 889 prohibited-hardware involvement, or other diligence signals that surface only when the rest of a pre-award review runs.

Free SAM.gov, sanctions, and Section 889 vendor check.

One search. One verdict. Cited evidence.

Resolve the entity.

Query in parallel.

Verdict with evidence.

Diligence, answered.

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