Part 180 — OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Government-Wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)
- § 180.5— What does this part do?
- § 180.10— How is this part organized?
- § 180.15— To whom does the guidance apply?
- § 180.20— What must a Federal agency do to implement these guidelines?
- § 180.25— What must a Federal agency address in its implementation of the guidance?
- § 180.30— Where does a Federal agency implement these guidelines?
- § 180.40— How are these guidelines maintained?
- § 180.45— Do these guidelines cover persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?
Subpart A — General
- § 180.100— How are subparts A through I organized?
- § 180.105— How is this part written?
- § 180.110— Do terms in this part have special meanings?
- § 180.115— What do subparts A through I of this part do?
- § 180.120— Do subparts A through I of this part apply to me?
- § 180.125— What is the purpose of the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system?
- § 180.130— How does an exclusion restrict a person's involvement in covered transactions?
- § 180.135— May a Federal agency grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?
- § 180.140— Does an exclusion under the nonprocurement system affect a person's eligibility for Federal procurement contracts?
- § 180.145— Does an exclusion under the Federal procurement system affect a person's eligibility to participate in nonprocurement transactions?
- § 180.150— Against whom may a Federal agency take an exclusion action?
- § 180.155— How do I know if a person is excluded?
Subpart B — Covered Transactions
- § 180.200— What is a covered transaction?
- § 180.205— Why is it important if a particular transaction is a covered transaction?
- § 180.210— Which nonprocurement transactions are covered transactions?
- § 180.215— Which nonprocurement transactions are not covered transactions?
- § 180.220— Are any procurement contracts included as covered transactions?
- § 180.225— How do I know if a transaction in which I may participate is a covered transaction?
Subpart C — Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions Doing Business With Other Persons
- § 180.300— What must I do before I enter into a covered transaction with another person at the next lower tier?
- § 180.305— May I enter into a covered transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?
- § 180.310— What must I do if a Federal agency excludes a person with whom I am already doing business in a covered transaction?
- § 180.315— May I use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction?
- § 180.320— Must I verify that principals of my covered transactions are eligible to participate?
- § 180.325— What happens if I do business with an excluded person in a covered transaction?
- § 180.330— What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?
- § 180.335— What information must I provide before entering into a covered transaction with a Federal agency?
- § 180.340— If I disclose unfavorable information required under § 180.335, will I be prevented from participating in the transaction?
- § 180.345— What happens if I fail to disclose information required under § 180.335?
- § 180.350— What must I do if I learn of information required under § 180.335 after entering into a covered transaction with a Federal agency?
- § 180.355— What information must I provide to a higher tier participant before entering into a covered transaction with that participant?
- § 180.360— What happens if I fail to disclose information required under § 180.355?
- § 180.365— What must I do if I learn of information required under § 180.355 after entering into a covered transaction with a higher tier participant?
Subpart D — Responsibilities of Federal Agency Officials Regarding Transactions
- § 180.400— May I enter into a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?
- § 180.405— May I enter into a covered transaction with a participant if a principal of the transaction is excluded?
- § 180.410— May I approve a participant's use of the services of an excluded person?
- § 180.415— What must I do if a Federal agency excludes the participant or a principal after I enter into a covered transaction?
- § 180.420— May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?
- § 180.425— When do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?
- § 180.430— How do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?
- § 180.435— What must I require of a primary tier participant?
- § 180.440— What action may I take if a primary tier participant knowingly does business with an excluded or disqualified person?
- § 180.445— What action may I take if a primary tier participant fails to disclose the information required under § 180.335?
- § 180.450— What action may I take if a lower tier participant fails to disclose the information required under § 180.355 to the next higher tier?
Subpart E — System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Exclusions
- § 180.500— What is the purpose of the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Exclusions?
- § 180.505— Who uses SAM.gov Exclusions?
- § 180.510— Who maintains SAM.gov Exclusions?
- § 180.515— What specific information is in SAM.gov Exclusions?
- § 180.520— Who places the information into SAM.gov Exclusions?
- § 180.525— Whom do I ask if I have questions about a person in SAM.gov Exclusions?
- § 180.530— Where can I find SAM.gov Exclusions?
Subpart F — General Principles Relating to Suspension and Debarment Actions
- § 180.600— How do suspension and debarment actions start?
- § 180.605— How does suspension differ from debarment?
- § 180.610— What procedures does a Federal agency use in suspension and debarment actions?
- § 180.615— How does a Federal agency notify a person of a suspension or debarment action?
- § 180.620— Do Federal agencies coordinate suspension and debarment actions?
- § 180.625— What is the scope of a suspension or debarment?
- § 180.630— May a Federal agency impute the conduct of one person to another?
- § 180.635— May a Federal agency resolve an administrative action in lieu of debarment or suspension?
- § 180.640— May an agreement to resolve an administrative action include a voluntary exclusion?
- § 180.645— Do other Federal agencies know if an agency agrees to a voluntary exclusion?
- § 180.650— May an administrative agreement be the result of a settlement?
- § 180.655— How will other Federal awarding agencies know about an administrative agreement that is the result of a settlement?
- § 180.660— Will administrative agreement information about me in SAM.gov be corrected or updated?
Subpart G — Suspension
- § 180.700— When may the suspending official issue a suspension?
- § 180.705— What does the suspending official consider in issuing a suspension?
- § 180.710— When does a suspension take effect?
- § 180.715— What notice does the suspending official give me if I am suspended?
- § 180.720— How may I contest a suspension?
- § 180.725— How much time do I have to contest a suspension?
- § 180.730— What information must I provide to the suspending official if I contest the suspension?
- § 180.735— Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which the suspension is based?
- § 180.740— Are suspension proceedings formal?
- § 180.745— How is fact-finding conducted?
- § 180.750— What does the suspending official consider in deciding whether to continue or terminate my suspension?
- § 180.755— When will I know whether the suspension is continued or terminated?
- § 180.760— How long may my suspension last?
Subpart H — Debarment
- § 180.800— What are the causes for debarment?
- § 180.805— What notice does the debarring official give me if I am proposed for debarment?
- § 180.810— When does a debarment take effect?
- § 180.815— How may I contest a proposed debarment?
- § 180.820— How much time do I have to contest a proposed debarment?
- § 180.825— What information must I provide to the debarring official if I contest the proposed debarment?
- § 180.830— Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which the proposed debarment is based?
- § 180.835— Are debarment proceedings formal?
- § 180.840— How is fact-finding conducted?
- § 180.845— What does the debarring official consider in deciding whether to debar me?
- § 180.850— What is the standard of proof in a debarment action?
- § 180.855— Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?
- § 180.860— What factors may influence the debarring official's decision?
- § 180.865— How long may my debarment last?
- § 180.870— When do I know if the debarring official debars me?
- § 180.875— May I ask the debarring official to reconsider a decision to debar me?
- § 180.880— What factors may influence the debarring official during reconsideration?
- § 180.885— May the debarring official extend a debarment?
Subpart I — Definitions
- § 180.900— Adequate evidence.
- § 180.905— Affiliate.
- § 180.910— Agent or representative.
- § 180.915— Civil judgment.
- § 180.920— Conviction.
- § 180.925— Debarment.
- § 180.930— Debarring official.
- § 180.935— Disqualified.
- § 180.940— Excluded or exclusion.
- § 180.945— System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Exclusions.
- § 180.950— Federal agency.
- § 180.955— Indictment.
- § 180.960— Ineligible or ineligibility.
- § 180.965— Legal proceedings.
- § 180.970— Nonprocurement transaction.
- § 180.975— Notice.
- § 180.980— Participant.
- § 180.985— Person.
- § 180.990— Preponderance of the evidence.
- § 180.995— Principal.
- § 180.1000— Respondent.
- § 180.1005— State.
- § 180.1010— Suspending official.
- § 180.1015— Suspension.
- § 180.1020— Voluntary exclusion or voluntarily excluded.