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2025 – 005 – Suspension and Debarment Federal Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Federal Program Name: Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds Assistance Listing Number: 66.458 Federal Award Identification Number: CS-32000123-0, 4C-98T68401-0 Pass-Through Agency: Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Pass-Through Number(s): CW2402 Award Period: December 1, 2023 to December 1, 2026 Type of Finding: • Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance • Other Noncompliance Criteria or specific requirement: Non-federal entities are prohibited from contracting with or making subawards under covered transactions to parties that are suspended or debarred. Before entering into a covered transaction the entity must verify that the contractor is not suspended, debarred or otherwise excluded from participating in the transaction. Condition: Through our testing we noted that suspension and debarment checks were not performed for two vendors prior to entering into the transactions. Questioned costs: None noted. Context: Suspension and debarment procedures were not performed for two of the two vendors selected prior to entering into the transactions. Cause: The District did not have controls in place to ensure that suspension and debarment checks were performed prior to entering into covered transactions. Effect: Without checking suspension and debarment before engaging services, the District could have entered into an agreement with a vendor that was suspended or debarred from receiving federal funding. Repeat Finding: Not a repeat finding. Recommendation: CLA recommends that the District implement procedures to ensure that federal guidance is followed relating to suspension and debarment for both new and existing vendors and provide training on these procedures. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Finance and Public Works will coordinate the vendor bidding process and document the suspension and debarment check prior to awarding a vendor for the project.