CFR > Title 2 - Grants and Agreements > SUBTITLE A—Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Grants and Agreements > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS (parts 2 to 183) > SUBCHAPTER B—Pre-award responsibilities (parts 20 to 26) > PART 25—UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER AND CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION > SUBPART B—Policy (§25.200 to §25.220) > 25.205—Effect of noncompliance with a requirement to obtain a DUNS number or register in the CCR.

25.205—Effect of noncompliance with a requirement to obtain a DUNS number or register in the CCR.

(a) An agency may not make an award to an entity until the entity has complied with the requirements described in § 25.200 to provide a valid DUNS number and maintain an active CCR registration with current information (other than any requirement that is not applicable because the entity is exempted under § 25.110 ).
(b) At the time an agency is ready to make an award, if the intended recipient has not complied with an applicable requirement to provide a DUNS number or maintain an active CCR registration with current information, the agency:
(1) May determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive an award; and
(2) May use that determination as a basis for making an award to another applicant.