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kind: "range"
citation: "2 C.F.R. §§ 180.830–180.840"
title: "2"
from: "180.830"
to: "180.840"
count: 3
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/180.830..180.840"
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# §180.830. Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which the proposed debarment is based?

- (a) As a respondent, you will not have an additional opportunity to challenge the facts if the debarring official determines that:
  - (1) Your debarment is based upon a conviction or civil judgment;
  - (2) Your presentation in opposition contains only general denials to the information contained in the Notice of Proposed Debarment; or
  - (3) The issues raised in your presentation in opposition to the proposed debarment are not factual in nature, or are not material to the debarring official's decision whether to debar.
- (b) You will have an additional opportunity to challenge the facts if the debarring official determines that:
  - (1) The conditions in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section do not exist; and
  - (2) Your presentation in opposition raises a genuine dispute over facts material to the proposed debarment.
- (c) If you have an opportunity to challenge disputed material facts under this section, the debarring official or designee must conduct additional proceedings to resolve those facts.

# §180.835. Are debarment proceedings formal?

- (a) **Debarment proceedings are conducted in a fair and informal manner.** The debarring official may use flexible procedures to allow you, as a respondent, to present matters in opposition. In so doing, the debarring official is not required to follow formal rules of evidence or procedure in creating an official record upon which the official will base the decision on whether to debar.
- (b) You or your representative must submit any documentary evidence you want the debarring official to consider.

# §180.840. How is fact-finding conducted?

- (a) If fact-finding is conducted:
  - (1) You may present witnesses and other evidence and confront any witness presented; and
  - (2) The factfinder must prepare written findings of fact for the record.
- (b) A transcribed record of fact-finding proceedings must be made unless you, as a respondent, and the Federal agency agree to waive it in advance. If you want a copy of the transcribed record, you may purchase it.