{"sheets":[{"id":"far-52-209-6","title":"FAR 52.209-6 — Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment","who":"Federal prime contractors, before any subcontract over $35,000","cite_url":"https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.209-6","question":"Paragraph (c): the contractor shall not enter into any subcontract over $35,000 with a contractor that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment unless there is a compelling reason. Paragraph (e): before entering the subcontract, the contractor shall confirm the subcontractor's status by checking SAM.gov.","answered_by":["sam"],"supporting":["leie","ofac","csl"]},{"id":"far-9-405-co","title":"FAR 9.405 / 9.104 — Contracting officer's exclusion check and responsibility determination (agency side)","who":"Federal contracting officers, before award and before adding a subcontract consent; the record goes in the contract file","cite_url":"https://www.acquisition.gov/far/9.405","question":"FAR 9.405(d): after the opening of bids or receipt of proposals, the contracting officer shall review SAM.gov exclusions before award and again immediately prior to award for any offeror not previously checked. FAR 9.104-1: the contracting officer shall make an affirmative determination of responsibility, documented in the file; FAR 9.104-6 requires review of FAPIIS.","answered_by":["sam"],"supporting":["ofac","csl","usaspending"]},{"id":"42-cfr-455-436-state","title":"42 CFR 455.436 — Federal database checks (State Medicaid agency side)","who":"State Medicaid agencies and their program-integrity units, at enrollment, re-enrollment, revalidation and no less frequently than monthly","cite_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-C/part-455/subpart-E/section-455.436","question":"The State Medicaid agency must confirm the identity and determine the exclusion status of providers and any person with an ownership or control interest or who is an agent or managing employee, by checking the SSA Death Master File, NPPES, LEIE, SAM (EPLS) and any other database the Secretary prescribes — upon enrollment and revalidation, and no less frequently than monthly for LEIE and SAM.","answered_by":["leie","sam","state"],"supporting":["nppes","ofac"]},{"id":"2-cfr-200-214","title":"2 CFR 200.214 / 2 CFR 180.300 — Suspension and debarment (federal grants and cooperative agreements)","who":"Grantees, pass-through entities and subrecipients, before any covered transaction","cite_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-I/part-180/subpart-C/section-180.300","question":"2 CFR 180.300: before entering a covered transaction, verify the person is not excluded or disqualified by (a) checking SAM.gov, (b) collecting a certification, or (c) adding a clause. 2 CFR 200.214 makes Part 180 binding on every federal award.","answered_by":["sam"],"supporting":["leie","ofac","usaspending","fac"]},{"id":"oig-cpg-monthly","title":"HHS-OIG General Compliance Program Guidance — exclusion screening of employees, medical staff and vendors","who":"Any provider or supplier billing federal health care programs; OIG recommends screening at hire/contract and monthly","cite_url":"https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/general-compliance-program-guidance/","question":"Has this individual or entity been excluded from participation in federal health care programs (OIG LEIE)? Has it been excluded by a state Medicaid program? (Civil monetary penalties apply to items or services furnished by an excluded person — 42 CFR 1003.)","answered_by":["leie","state"],"supporting":["sam","oig_cia","dea_actions"]},{"id":"42-cfr-455-436","title":"42 CFR 455.436 — Federal database checks (Medicaid provider screening)","who":"State Medicaid agencies and, by contract, Medicaid managed care organisations","cite_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-C/part-455/subpart-E/section-455.436","question":"Confirm the identity and determine the exclusion status of providers and any person with an ownership or control interest or who is an agent or managing employee, through routine checks of federal databases: SSA Death Master File, NPPES, LEIE, SAM (EPLS) — upon enrollment, revalidation, and no less frequently than monthly.","answered_by":["leie","sam"],"supporting":["state","ofac"]},{"id":"cms-fdr-oversight","title":"CMS Medicare Advantage / Part D compliance program — first-tier, downstream and related entity (FDR) exclusion screening","who":"MA organisations and Part D sponsors, and their FDRs","cite_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-B/part-422/subpart-K/section-422.503","question":"42 CFR 422.503(b)(4)(vi) and 423.504(b)(4)(vi): the sponsor's compliance program must include effective measures to prevent, detect and correct non-compliance, including that no employee or FDR is on the OIG or GSA exclusion lists — checked prior to hire or contract and monthly thereafter.","answered_by":["leie","sam"],"supporting":["state","oig_cia"]},{"id":"ncqa-cr-sanctions","title":"NCQA Credentialing standards — verification of Medicare/Medicaid sanctions and exclusions (CR 1 / CR 3 elements)","who":"Health plans, CVOs and delegated credentialing entities","cite_url":"https://www.ncqa.org/programs/health-plans/credentialing/","question":"Verify, from an acceptable source and within the required time frame before the credentialing decision, whether the practitioner has Medicare/Medicaid sanctions or exclusions. The verification must show the source and the date verified.","answered_by":["leie","state"],"supporting":["sam","dea_actions"]},{"id":"ofac-screening","title":"OFAC sanctions screening — 31 CFR Part 501 and program-specific regulations; OFAC's Framework for Compliance Commitments","who":"Banks, money transmitters, insurers, title and escrow agents, exporters — any U.S. person before a transaction","cite_url":"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20190502","question":"Is the counterparty, or any party to the transaction, on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or another OFAC list? Is it on the Consolidated Screening List (Commerce/State/Treasury)?","answered_by":["ofac","csl"],"supporting":["sam"]},{"id":"single-audit-s-and-d","title":"Single Audit — Compliance Supplement Part 3 §I, Procurement and Suspension and Debarment (auditor's test)","who":"Independent auditors performing Single Audits under 2 CFR 200 Subpart F; the auditee's grants office preparing for one","cite_url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2023-Compliance-Supplement-%E2%80%93-2-CFR-Part-200-Appendix-XI.pdf","question":"Did the non-federal entity verify, before entering each covered transaction, that the vendor or subrecipient was not suspended or debarred — by checking SAM.gov, collecting a certification, or adding a clause (2 CFR 180.300)? The auditor tests a sample of covered transactions for evidence of the verification and its date.","answered_by":["sam"],"supporting":["fac","usaspending","leie"]},{"id":"counsel-exclusion-diligence","title":"Counsel — exclusion, debarment and enforcement evidence for transaction diligence and compliance programmes","who":"Law firms advising on health-care and government-contracts transactions, compliance programme reviews, and responses to agencies","cite_url":"https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/special-advisory-bulletin-and-other-guidance/the-effect-of-exclusion-from-participation-in-federal-health-care-programs-2013/","question":"On the date of the read, was the target, its owners, managing employees or key vendors excluded (OIG LEIE, state lists), debarred or suspended (SAM), under a corporate integrity agreement, sanctioned (OFAC), or named in a public enforcement record? The OIG bulletin describes the civil-monetary-penalty exposure that follows from excluded persons.","answered_by":["leie","sam","state"],"supporting":["oig_cia","ofac","csl","dea_actions","fda_debar","sec","fac"]},{"id":"sig-vendor-evidence","title":"Shared Assessments SIG / third-party risk questionnaire — evidence of vendor screening","who":"Vendor-management and TPRM teams answering or reviewing due-diligence questionnaires","cite_url":"https://sharedassessments.org/sig/","question":"Provide evidence that the vendor was screened against government exclusion, sanctions and enforcement sources, with dates.","answered_by":["sam","leie","ofac","csl"],"supporting":["echo","ocr","sec","fac","dea_actions","oig_cia","fda_debar"]}],"not_decided":"The receipt does not decide eligibility, responsibility, identity or compliance. It records what each official file printed for an exact key or exact printed name on a date. A same-name row is a candidate to be resolved by the reader, not a match. Answering the form's question is the applicant's or reviewer's act; this sheet puts the dated record beside it.","how":"GET /api/public-record/duty-sheets/{id}/html?name=...&uei=...&npi=... builds a fresh receipt and renders the sheet with it; the receipt is registered and hashed as usual.","price":"free"}