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PART 1471—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)
§1471.25 How is this part organized?
Appendix to Part 1471—Covered Transactions
Authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.
Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.
B the types of FMCS transactions that are covered by the Governmentwide nonprocurement suspension and debarment system.
D the responsibilities of FMCS officials who are authorized to enter into covered transactions.
(6) a (n) FMCS official authorized to enter into a covered transaction A, B, D, E and I.
(b) Pronouns used within this part, such as “I” and “you,” change from subpart to subpart depending on the audience being addressed. The pronoun “we” always is the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
(c) The “Covered Transactions” diagram in the appendix to this part shows the levels or “tiers” at which the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service enforces an exclusion under this part.
This part adopts a governmentwide system of debarment and suspension for FMCS nonprocurement activities. It also provides for reciprocal exclusion of persons who have been excluded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and provides for the consolidated listing of all persons who are excluded, or disqualified by statute, executive order, or other legal authority. This part satisfies the requirements in section 3 of Executive Order 12549, “Debarment and Suspension” (3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189), Executive Order 12689, “Debarment and Suspension” (3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235) and 31 U.S.C. 6101 note (Section 2455, Public Law 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327).
Portions of this part (see table at §1471.25(b)) apply to you if you are a(n)—
(b) Respondent (a person against whom the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has initiated a debarment or suspension action);
(c) FMCS debarring or suspending official; or
(d) FMCS official who is authorized to enter into covered transactions with non-Federal parties.
With the exceptions stated in §§1471.120, 1471.315, and 1471.420, a person who is excluded by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other Federal agency may not:
(a) Be a participant in a(n) FMCS transaction that is a covered transaction under subpart B of this part;
(a) The Agency Director may grant an exception permitting an excluded person to participate in a particular covered transaction. If the Agency Director grants an exception, the exception must be in writing and state the reason(s) for deviating from the governmentwide policy in Executive Order 12549.
(1) FMCS 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;
(1) The person who entered into the transaction with you allows you to continue your involvement in a transaction that predates your exclusion, as permitted under §1471.310 or §1471.415; or
(2) A(n) FMCS official obtains an exception from the Agency Director to allow you to be involved in the transaction, as permitted under §1471.120.
All nonprocurement transactions, as defined in §1471.970, are covered transactions unless listed in §1471.215. (See appendix to this part.)
(d) A transaction that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service needs to respond to a national or agency-recognized emergency or disaster.
(e) A permit, license, certificate, or similar instrument issued as a means to regulate public health, safety, or the environment, unless the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service specifically designates it to be a covered transaction.
(1) The contract is awarded by a participant in a nonprocurement transaction that is covered under §1471.210, and the amount of the contract is expected to equal or exceed $25,000.
(2) The contract requires the consent of a(n) FMCS official. In that case, the contract, regardless of the amount, always is a covered transaction, and it does not matter who awarded it. For example, it could be a subcontract awarded by a contractor at a tier below a nonprocurement transaction, as shown in the appendix to this part.
(a) You as a participant may not enter into a covered transaction with an excluded person, unless the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service grants an exception under §1471.120.
(b) You may not renew or extend covered transactions (other than no-cost time extensions) with any excluded person, unless the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service grants an exception under §1471.120.
(b) You may not begin to use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction unless the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service grants an exception under §1471.120.
(a) Comply with this subpart as a condition of participation in the transaction. You may do so using any method(s), unless §1471.440 requires you to use specific methods.
Before you enter into a covered transaction at the primary tier, you as the participant must notify the FMCS office that is entering into the transaction with you, if you know that you or any of the principals for that covered transaction:
(b) Have been convicted within the preceding three years of any of the offenses listed in §1471.800(a) or had a civil judgment rendered against you for one of those offenses within that time period;
(c) Are presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local) with commission of any of the offenses listed in §1471.800(a); or
As a primary tier participant, your disclosure of unfavorable information about yourself or a principal under §1471.335 will not necessarily cause us to deny your participation in the covered transaction. We will consider the information when we determine whether to enter into the covered transaction. We also will consider any additional information or explanation that you elect to submit with the disclosed information.
If we later determine that you failed to disclose information under §1471.335 that you knew at the time you entered into the covered transaction, we may—
At any time after you enter into a covered transaction, you must give immediate written notice to the FMCS office with which you entered into the transaction if you learn either that—
(a) You failed to disclose information earlier, as required by §1471.335; or
(b) Due to changed circumstances, you or any of the principals for the transaction now meet any of the criteria in §1471.335.
(a) You failed to disclose information earlier, as required by §1471.355; or
(b) Due to changed circumstances, you or any of the principals for the transaction now meet any of the criteria in §1471.355.
(a) You as an agency official may not enter into a covered transaction with an excluded person unless you obtain an exception under §1471.120.
As an agency official, you may not enter into a covered transaction with a participant if you know that a principal of the transaction is excluded, unless you obtain an exception under §1471.120.
After entering into a covered transaction with a participant, you as an agency official may not approve a participant's use of an excluded person as a principal under that transaction, unless you obtain an exception under §1471.120.
(b) You may not renew or extend covered transactions (other than no-cost time extensions) with any excluded person, or under which an excluded person is a principal, unless you obtain an exception under §1471.120.
(a) A covered transaction with a person who is currently excluded, unless you obtain an exception under §1471.120; or
(a) You as an agency official must check the EPLS when you take any action listed in §1471.425.
(b) You must review information that a participant gives you, as required by §1471.335, about its status or the status of the principals of a transaction.
If you as an agency official determine that a participant failed to disclose information, as required by §1471.335, at the time it entered into a covered transaction with you, you may—
If you as an agency official determine that a lower tier participant failed to disclose information, as required by §1471.355, at the time it entered into a covered transaction with a participant at the next higher tier, you may pursue any remedies available to you, including the initiation of a suspension or debarment action.
(a) Federal agency officials use the EPLS to determine whether to enter into a transaction with a person, as required under §1471.430.
(1) Principals of their transactions are excluded or disqualified, as required under §1471.320; or
(a) Information required by §1471.515(a);
(a) There exists an indictment for, or other adequate evidence to suspect, an offense listed under §1471.800(a), or
(b) There exists adequate evidence to suspect any other cause for debarment listed under §1471.800(b) through (d); and
(d) Of the cause(s) upon which we relied under §1471.700 for imposing suspension;
(f) Of the applicable provisions of this subpart, subpart F of this part, and any other FMCS procedures governing suspension decision making; and
(b) If you fail to disclose this information, or provide false information, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service may seek further criminal, civil or administrative action against you, as appropriate.
(b) A transcribed record of fact-finding proceedings must be made, unless you as a respondent and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service agree to waive it in advance. If you want a copy of the transcribed record, you may purchase it.
(2) Knowingly doing business with an ineligible person, except as permitted under §1471.120;
(4) Violation of a material provision of a voluntary exclusion agreement entered into under §1471.640 or of any settlement of a debarment or suspension action; or
After consideration of the causes in §1471.800 of this subpart, if the debarring official proposes to debar you, the official sends you a Notice of Proposed Debarment, pursuant to §1471.615, advising you—
(c) Of the cause(s) under §1471.800 upon which the debarring official relied for proposing your debarment;
(d) Of the applicable provisions of this subpart, subpart F of this part, and any other FMCS procedures governing debarment; and
(1) Specific facts that contradict the statements contained in the Notice of Proposed Debarment. Include any information about any of the factors listed in §1471.860. A general denial is insufficient to raise a genuine dispute over facts material to the debarment;
(a) The debarring official may debar you for any of the causes in §1471.800. However, the official need not debar you even if a cause for debarment exists. The official may consider the seriousness of your acts or omissions and the mitigating or aggravating factors set forth at §1471.860.
(b) In determining the period of debarment, the debarring official may consider the factors in §1471.860. If a suspension has preceded your debarment, the debarring official must consider the time you were suspended.
(b) The debarring official sends you written notice, pursuant to §1471.615 that the official decided, either—
Notice means a written communication served in person, sent by certified mail or its equivalent, or sent electronically by e-mail or facsimile. (See §1471.615.)