definiens: means that a Party or any of its officers or dire ctors or any other personnel ( or other permitted agents of a Party performing activities h ereunder ) has been : ( a ) convicted of any of the fel onies identified among the exclusion authorities listed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General ( OIG ) website, including 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7 ( a ) ( http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/authorities.asp ) ; ( b ) identified in the OIG List of Excluded Individuals/ Entities ( LEIE ) database ( http://exclusions.oig.hhs .gov/ ) or listed as having an active exclusion in the System for Award Management ( http://www.sam.gov ) ; or ( c ) l isted by any US Federal agency as being suspended, proposed for debarment, debarred, excluded or otherwise inel igible to participate in Federal procurement or non - procureme nt programs, including under 21 U.S.C. 335a ( http://www.fda.gov/ora/compliance_ref/debar/ ) ( ( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) collectively the )