---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1309.405"
title: "48"
number: "1309.405"
heading: "Effect of listing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1309.405"
---

# §1309.405. Effect of listing.

- (a) Contracting officers shall review the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) listing for contractors after the opening of bids or receipt of proposals and, again, immediately prior to award.
- (b) The designee authorized to determine that a compelling reason exists to do business with a debarred/suspended contractor is set forth in CAM 1301.70. This designation does not apply to FAR 23.506(e).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 414; 48 CFR 1.301-1.304.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 10570, Mar. 8, 2010, unless otherwise noted.