Title 5, Part 919 — Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)

How is this part organized?

How is this part written?

Do terms in this part have special meanings?

What does this part do?

Does this part apply to me?

What is the purpose of the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system?

How does an exclusion restrict a person's involvement in covered transactions?

May we grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?

Does an exclusion under the nonprocurement system affect a person's eligibility for Federal procurement contracts?

Does exclusion under the Federal procurement system affect a person's eligibility to participate in nonprocurement transactions?

May the OPM exclude a person who is not currently participating in a nonprocurement transaction?

How do I know if a person is excluded?

Does this part address persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?

What is a covered transaction?

Why is it important if a particular transaction is a covered transaction?

Which nonprocurement transactions are covered transactions?

Which nonprocurement transactions are not covered transactions?

Are any procurement contracts included as covered transactions?

How do I know if a transaction in which I may participate is a covered transaction?

What must I do before I enter into a covered transaction with another person at the next lower tier?

May I enter into a covered transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?

What must I do if a Federal agency excludes a person with whom I am already doing business in a covered transaction?

May I use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction?

Must I verify that principals of my covered transactions are eligible to participate?

What happens if I do business with an excluded person in a covered transaction?

What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

What information must I provide before entering into a covered transaction with the OPM?

If I disclose unfavorable information required under § 919.335, will I be prevented from participating in the transaction?

What happens if I fail to disclose information required under § 919.335?

What must I do if I learn of information required under § 919.335 after entering into a covered transaction with the OPM?

What information must I provide to a higher tier participant before entering into a covered transaction with that participant?

What happens if I fail to disclose the information required under § 919.355?

What must I do if I learn of information required under § 919.355 after entering into a covered transaction with a higher tier participant?

May I enter into a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?

May I enter into a covered transaction with a participant if a principal of the transaction is excluded?

May I approve a participant's use of the services of an excluded person?

What must I do if a Federal agency excludes the participant or a principal after I enter into a covered transaction?

May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?

When do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?

How do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?

What must I require of a primary tier participant?

What method do I use to communicate those requirements to participants?

What action may I take if a primary tier participant knowingly does business with an excluded or disqualified person?

What action may I take if a primary tier participant fails to disclose the information required under § 919.335?

What may I do if a lower tier participant fails to disclose the information required under § 919.355 to the next higher tier?

What is the purpose of the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)?

Who uses the EPLS?

Who maintains the EPLS?

What specific information is in the EPLS?

Who places the information into the EPLS?

Whom do I ask if I have questions about a person in the EPLS?

Where can I find the EPLS?

How do suspension and debarment actions start?

How does suspension differ from debarment?

What procedures does the OPM use in suspension and debarment actions?

How does the OPM notify a person of a suspension or debarment action?

Do Federal agencies coordinate suspension and debarment actions?

What is the scope of a suspension or debarment?

May the OPM impute conduct of one person to another?

May the OPM settle a debarment or suspension action?

May a settlement include a voluntary exclusion?

Do other Federal agencies know if the OPM agrees to a voluntary exclusion?

When may the suspending official issue a suspension?

What does the suspending official consider in issuing a suspension?

When does a suspension take effect?

What notice does the suspending official give me if I am suspended?

How may I contest a suspension?

How much time do I have to contest a suspension?

What information must I provide to the suspending official if I contest a suspension?

Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which the suspension is based?

Are suspension proceedings formal?

How is fact-finding conducted?

What does the suspending official consider in deciding whether to continue or terminate my suspension?

When will I know whether the suspension is continued or terminated?

How long may my suspension last?

What are the causes for debarment?

What notice does the debarring official give me if I am proposed for debarment?

When does a debarment take effect?

How may I contest a proposed debarment?

How much time do I have to contest a proposed debarment?

What information must I provide to the debarring official if I contest a proposed debarment?

Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which a proposed debarment is based?

Are debarment proceedings formal?

How is fact-finding conducted?

What does the debarring official consider in deciding whether to debar me?

What is the standard of proof in a debarment action?

Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?

What factors may influence the debarring official's decision?

How long may my debarment last?

When do I know if the debarring official debars me?

May I ask the debarring official to reconsider a decision to debar me?

What factors may influence the debarring official during reconsideration?

May the debarring official extend a debarment?

Adequate evidence.

Affiliate.

Agency.

Agent or representative.

Civil judgment.

Conviction.

Debarment.

Debarring official.

Disqualified.

Excluded or exclusion.

Excluded Parties List System.

Indictment.

Ineligible or ineligibility.

Legal proceedings.

Nonprocurement transaction.

Notice.

Participant.

Person.

Preponderance of the evidence.

Principal.

Respondent.

State.

Suspending official.

Suspension.

Voluntary exclusion or voluntarily excluded.