2 CFR § 180.45 - Do these guidelines cover persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t2/s180.45"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "2 CFR § 180.45 - Do these guidelines cover persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?"
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "180.45"
section_name: "Do these guidelines cover persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "OMB GUIDELINES TO AGENCIES ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 6102; 31 U.S.C. 6307; Pub. L. 103-355; Pub. L. 109-282; Pub. L. 110-252; Pub. L. 111-84; Pub. L. 113-101Pub. L. 115-232; Pub. L. 117-40; E.O. 12549; E.O. 12689."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30115, Apr. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.45 Do these guidelines cover persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?
A Federal agency may add a subpart covering disqualifications to its regulation implementing these guidelines, but the guidelines in subparts A through I:
(a) Address disqualified persons only to:
(1) Provide for their inclusion in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Exclusions; and
(2) State the responsibilities of Federal agencies and participants to check for disqualified persons before entering into covered transactions.
(b) Do not specify the:
(1) Transactions for which a disqualified person is ineligible. Those transactions vary on a case-by-case basis because they depend on the language of the specific statute, Executive order, or regulation that caused the disqualification;
(2) Entities to which a disqualification applies; or
(3) Process that a Federal agency uses to disqualify a person. Unlike exclusion under subparts A through I of this part, disqualification is frequently not a discretionary action that a Federal agency takes and may include special procedures.