CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Labor > PART 98—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) > SUBPART E—Excluded Parties List System (§98.500 to §98.530) > 98.505—Who uses the EPLS?

98.505—Who uses the EPLS?

(a) Federal agency officials use the EPLS to determine whether to enter into a transaction with a person, as required under § 98.430.
(b) Participants also may, but are not required to, use the EPLS to determine if—
(1) Principals of their transactions are excluded or disqualified, as required under § 98.320; or
(2) Persons with whom they are entering into covered transactions at the next lower tier are excluded or disqualified.
(c) The EPLS is available to the general public.