diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_contentprovider.py b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_contentprovider.py
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+import os
+import sys
+import base64
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from xos.config import Config
+from synchronizers.base.syncstep import SyncStep
+from core.models import Service
+from services.hpc.models import ServiceProvider, ContentProvider
+from xos.logger import Logger, logging
+
+# hpclibrary will be in steps/..
+parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),"..")
+sys.path.insert(0,parentdir)
+
+from hpclib import HpcLibrary
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
+
+class SyncContentProvider(SyncStep, HpcLibrary):
+    provides=[ContentProvider]
+    observes=ContentProvider
+    requested_interval=0
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        SyncStep.__init__(self, **args)
+        HpcLibrary.__init__(self)
+
+    def filter_hpc_service(self, objs):
+        hpcService = self.get_hpc_service()
+
+        return [x for x in objs if x.serviceProvider.hpcService == hpcService]
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
+        #self.consistency_check()
+
+        return self.filter_hpc_service(SyncStep.fetch_pending(self, deleted))
+
+    def consistency_check(self):
+        # set to true if something changed
+        result=False
+
+        # sanity check to make sure our PS objects have CMI objects behind them
+        all_cp_ids = [x["content_provider_id"] for x in self.client.onev.ListAll("ContentProvider")]
+        for cp in ContentProvider.objects.all():
+            if (cp.content_provider_id is not None) and (cp.content_provider_id not in all_cp_ids):
+                logger.info("Content provider %s was not found on CMI" % cp.content_provider_id)
+                cp.content_provider_id=None
+                cp.save()
+                result = True
+
+        return result
+
+    def sync_record(self, cp):
+        logger.info("sync'ing content provider %s" % str(cp), extra=cp.tologdict())
+        account_name = self.make_account_name(cp.name)
+
+        if (not cp.serviceProvider) or (not cp.serviceProvider.service_provider_id):
+            raise Exception("ContentProvider %s is linked to a serviceProvider with no id" % str(cp))
+
+        spid = cp.serviceProvider.service_provider_id
+
+        cp_dict = {"account": account_name, "name": cp.name, "enabled": cp.enabled}
+
+        #print cp_dict
+
+        if not cp.content_provider_id:
+            cp_dict["service_provider_id"] = spid
+            id = self.client.onev.Create("ContentProvider", cp_dict)
+            cp.content_provider_id = id
+        else:
+            self.client.onev.Update("ContentProvider", cp.content_provider_id, cp_dict)
+
+        cp.save()
+
+    def delete_record(self, m):
+        if m.content_provider_id is not None:
+            self.client.onev.Delete("ContentProvider", m.content_provider_id)
+