U.S. Federal Contractor Exclusions List

General Services Administration provides a daily snapshot of parties excluded from U.S. Federal contracts and assistance. The data, formerly in the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), is now managed within the System for Award Management (SAM).

Use Cases

• Identify entities with active exclusion records to screen potential contractors and subcontractors.
• Analyze patterns in exclusion types and reasons across government agencies.
• Monitor changes in the exclusion list by tracking daily snapshot updates.

Strengths

• Data is updated daily, providing current information on exclusions.
• Managed by the authoritative General Services Administration via the SAM system.
• Includes a comprehensive Functional Data Dictionary for field definitions.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessing scale and structure.
• Historical data coverage and the exact time range of records are not specified.
• The dataset may require joining with other SAM data for full contextual analysis.

Provenance

Source

General Services Administration via the System for Award Management (SAM).

Collection Method

Daily snapshot of active exclusion records entered by U.S. Federal government agencies.

Freshness

Updated daily; last platform update recorded on 2022-02-04.

Geography

United States Federal government.