GSA General Services Exclusion (SAM).
Protecting Against Fraud
One excluded contractor or employee can terminate your federal contracts, suspend payments, and potentially debar your entire organization from future government work. The General Services Administration's System for Award Management (GSA/SAM) exclusion list identifies individuals and entities banned from federal contracts, grants, and assistance programs. CIChecked's comprehensive GSA screening protects your federal contracting eligibility before exclusions destroy your government business.
What GSA Exclusion Searches Actually Reveal
- Federal Debarment Status: Current exclusions from federal contracts, grants, loans, and assistance programs
- Comprehensive Violation History: Fraud, embezzlement, antitrust violations, ethics breaches, and contract performance failures
- Multi-Source Database Coverage: SAM exclusions plus over 2,000 additional debarment and sanctions sources (permanent exclusion records maintained)
- Specific Violation Categories: Detailed exclusion reasons including financial misconduct, drug trafficking, terrorism, and immigration crimes
Rapid Results for Federal Contract Protection: GSA exclusion searches deliver results within 2-4 hours, providing immediate verification of federal contracting eligibility for urgent procurement needs.
The Federal Contracting Reality
Federal agencies cannot award contracts to excluded parties under any circumstances. Employing excluded individuals or subcontracting with debarred entities automatically violates federal procurement regulations, triggering contract suspension, payment holds, and potential organizational debarment. These aren't warnings—they're immediate contract terminations.
While basic SAM searches check the primary exclusion database, comprehensive protection requires screening against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists, state debarment databases, Office of Inspector General (OIG) exclusions, and specialized sanctions lists. Our multi-source approach catches exclusions that single-database searches miss entirely.
GSA exclusions cover serious integrity violations including fraud, embezzlement, bribery, antitrust violations, drug trafficking, terrorism sanctions, and immigration crimes. Additionally, exclusions result from contract performance failures, ethics violations, tax delinquency, and violations of federal labor laws like the Davis-Bacon Act.
Reading GSA Exclusion Red Flags: Any current federal exclusion immediately disqualifies individuals or entities from federal contract work. Historical exclusions require careful assessment of reinstatement status and compliance improvements. Even pending investigations can trigger contract suspensions while determinations are made.
International Sanctions Integration
GSA exclusions include complex international sanctions covering business with Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Burma, Iraq, Syria, and designated terrorist organizations. These sanctions extend beyond direct business relationships to include imports, exports, charitable contributions, and financial transactions with sanctioned entities.
Our GSA exclusion screening includes Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists, state debarment databases, Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) exclusions, and over 2,000 specialized sanctions sources. This comprehensive approach ensures complete federal contracting compliance verification.
GSA exclusions often result from federal procurement fraud convictions, indicating serious criminal behavior that threatens contract integrity. Additionally, exclusions for drug trafficking, terrorism, and immigration violations represent security risks that compromise federal facility access and classified information handling.
Bottom Line: GSA exclusion screening protects federal contracting eligibility by identifying individuals and entities banned from government work. Essential verification for organizations that depend on federal contracts and cannot afford exclusion-related contract terminations.
Information Classes
CI’s GSA Exclusion List search will instantly disseminate information on individuals that may be excluded from such contracts and/or benefits for various violations, including:
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Fraud, antitrust violations, embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, false statements, or other offenses indicating a lack of business integrity
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Conviction(s) or ongoing investigation(s) for a Federal or State offense relating to the distribution or possession of controlled substances
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Sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations
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Crimes relating to immigration
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Sanctions pursuant to the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
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Sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, which include:
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Engaging in business with companies located in, controlled by, or organized in the nations of Cuba or Sudan;
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The arrangement of illegal imports from North Korea or Burma;
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Imports/Exports to/from Iraq;
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Imports of “rough diamonds” from Liberia;
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Imports of uncertified diamonds or the receipt of donations in the form of gifts or charitable contributions from Syria or North Korea;
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Transactions with designated international narcotics traffickers, terrorists or foreign terrorist organizations or any persons deemed threatening to the stabilization efforts in the Balkans or Zimbabwe.
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Debarment by the Comptroller General for violation of the Davis-Bacon Act, a law requiring contractors to pay no less than the prevailing wage for federal contracts exceeding in value $2,000.
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Failure to fulfill the obligations under any bond; failure to disclose all bond obligations, misrepresentation of the value of available assets or outstanding liabilities; false or misleading statement, signature, or representation on a bond or affidavit of individual suretyship or any other serious dishonesty related to bond ownership or suretyship.
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Declared ineligible by the Secretary of Education in accordance with the Higher Education Act and/or the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act based upon a failure to submit a certification of adoption and implementation of a drug prevention program.
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A Contractor's or Subcontractor's failure to satisfy its obligations under the Equal Opportunity Clause or Affirmative Action Clause of a Federal contract or federally assisted construction contract.
If you are considering hiring a new employee, or if you are already an employer, and you are concerned about the possibility of fraud or other unlawful activity, we encourage you to use the OIG Exclusion List as part of your pre-employment background check.
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