<p style="text-align: left;">Registering with CCR allows you to be eligible as a Federal contracting company. After registration, you will have a [lightbox title="CAGE Code (from Federal Service Desk)" href="http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Cage.Code_.png"]CAGE Code (another Id number)[/lightbox] and the ability to register with many other government related systems.</p>
[notice]Since October 1, 2003, it is federally mandated that any organization wishing to do business with the federal government under a FAR-based contract must be registered in CCR before being awarded a contract.
-- CCR[/notice]
<h4>Prerequisites</h4>
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<ul>
	<li>DUNS Number</li>
	<li>Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN)</li>
	<li>Banking Information (You should use a separate company bank account)</li>
	<li>Company SIC/NAICS codes</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Let's get started!</h4>
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<a title="https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx" href="https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx</a>
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<h4>Step 1:</h4>
As you can see, you need a DUNS number to proceed past Step 1. Make sure you match the DUNS registration information with this CCR registration. If the information doesn't match, you can<em>not</em> proceed! Once you pass this page, you'll see that the information is uneditable in the next page.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Step 1"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Step_.1.png[/image]</center>&nbsp;

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR General &gt; Identifying Info &amp; Physical Address"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Step_.1b.png[/image]</center>
<h4>Step 2a:</h4>
The mailing address can be different from the previous company address. If you have different office locations, this is where you want the official (spam?) mail to go.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR General &gt; Mailing Address"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.General.Mailing.Address.png[/image]</center>
<h4>Step 2b:</h4>
The business information is purely self reported. Parts of this information will propagate into other systems, such as ORCA, so you'll want to keep this updated as best you can.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR General &gt; Business Information"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.General.Business.Info_.png[/image]</center>
<h4>Step 2c:</h4>
The comment above about spam is not entirely a joke. If you allow your company record to be searchable, be prepared to receive telemarketing calls and mail. However, if you expect to do any business with the government or other companies, you <strong>want</strong> to be readily searchable in CCR. This is one of the many ways your company will be verified.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR General &gt; Relationship/Type/Structure"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.General.Info_.OptOut.png[/image]</center>
<h4>Step 3a:</h4>
For "Relationship," state your company's purpose. For most, this will be "Contracts."

For "Organization Type," you should probably select "Business or Organization."

For "Organizational Structure," you want to select whatever entity organization you filed with the state.  For most, this will be either "Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership" or "Corporate Entity, Not Tax Exempt."

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Corporate Info &gt; Business Information"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Corp_.Rel_.Type_.Struc_.png[/image]</center>
<h4>Step 3b:</h4>
The critical information in this section is the selection of socio-economic groups. For Federal contracting, the government sets minimum contracting goals for Small Businesses, especially socio-economically disadvantaged ones. For example, refer to the DoD Small Business goals, listed as a % of all total business awarded [lightbox title="http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/statistics/goals.htm" href="http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DoD.SB_.Goals_.png"]here[/lightbox]. This means that for FY2011, the government intends to award 22.28% of all work to Small Businesses (not bad!)

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Corporate Info &gt; Information Opt Out"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Corp_.Business.Info_.png[/image]</center>

<h4>Step 4a:</h4>
The Goods and Services page is one of the most important.  When other companies and the government do their due diligence, they always always always will verify your NAICS codes.  This is self reported, so make sure your NAICS cover the work you are bidding (or going to bid).  Go <a href="http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/" title="http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/" target="_blank">here</a> to find your set of NAICS.  Generally, you will want a "Primary" and a few secondary NAICS.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Goods/Services &gt; NAICS"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Goods_.Services.NAICS_.png[/image]</center>

<h4>Step 4b:</h4>
If you want, you can additionally add Product Service Codes and Federal Supply Classification Codes.  These could be useful depending on your business, but NAICS codes are critical.  You can download the PSC file <a href="http://www.fpds-ng.com/downloads/psc_data_10242006.xls" title="http://www.fpds-ng.com/downloads/psc_data_10242006.xls" target="_blank">here</a>.  You can access the FSC list <a href="http://www.dlis.dla.mil/H2/search.aspx" title="http://www.dlis.dla.mil/H2/search.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Goods/Services &gt; PSC/FSC"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Goods_.Services.PSC_.FSC_.png[/image]</center>

<h4>Step 5:</h4>
Financial info is recorded here.  We strongly suggest you have a separate and independent bank account for your company.  Everything should be pretty self explanatory here.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Financial &gt; EFT/ACH"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Financial.EFT_.ACH_.png[/image]

[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Financial &gt; Remittance"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Financial.Remittance.png[/image]

[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Financial &gt; Accounts Receivable"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Financial.Accounts.Receivable.png[/image]
</center>

<h4>Step 6a:</h4>
This Point of Contact section is going to be public facing information.  Here, you decide who gets the spam phone calls and junk mail (if you decided to allow public searching in Step 2c).  It's very self explanatory, if not very redundant.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Point of Contact &gt; POC Info"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.POC_.Info_.png[/image]
</center>

<h4>Step 6b:</h4>
The MPIN is a password you can set, but you wont use it much beyond SBA related sites; you'll use it for ORCA immediately.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Point of Contact &gt; MPIN"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.POC_.MPIN_.png[/image]
</center>

<h4>Step 7:</h4>
Please read the Proceedings disclaimer very carefully.  You'll probably answer "No" if you are a small business just starting out.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Proceedings"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Proceedings.png[/image]
</center>

<h4>Step 8:</h4>
Please read the Compensation disclaimer very carefully.  Basically, if you do >80% of your business with the government AND that business is >$25M, you'll want to fill out the compensation info for your top execs.

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR Compensation"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.Compensation.png[/image]
</center>

<h4>Step 9:</h4>
This form is your consent to let CCR contact the IRS and verify the TIN and other POC information you entered.  This is the last step, so congratulations on finishing!

<center>[image icon="zoom" lightbox="true" title="CCR IRS Consent"]http://governmentstartup.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CCR.IRS_.Consent.png[/image]
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