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? Criteria: Procurement (b) Suspension and Debarment ? Prior to entering into subawards and contracts with award funds, recipients must verify that such contractors and subrecipients are not suspended, debarred, or otherwise excluded pursuant to 31 CFR section 19.300. ? Condition: For the single contract awarded, the contractor selected to perform work was not verified as being ?not suspended, debarred or otherwise excluded? prior to entering the contract to perform work. ? Cause: The auditee used an outsourced service organization (ASO) for RFP, bidding, assistance in the selection process, monitoring work performed and tracking of the construction project functions. Neither the Town or ASO performed the verification of contractor status as not suspended, debarred or otherwise excluded for entering into government contracts on SAM.gov prior to awarding the contract. ? Effect: At the time of the audit, which occurred after essentially all of the funds were expended and paid to the contractor, it was verified that the contractor selected was not included in the SAM.gov website as being suspended, debarred or otherwise excluded from entering into a government contract. ? Questioned Costs: N/A? Recommendation: We recommend the Town and ASO put procedures in place to properly verify contractor status as ?Not Suspended, debarred or otherwise excluded from entering into a government contract? prior to awarding a contract including federal funds. ? Management?s Response: Agree ? Contact Person: Faith Smith, Finance Director