Excluded Parties List System
E1023337
The Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) was a U.S. federal database that tracked individuals and organizations barred from receiving government contracts or assistance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Excluded Parties List System canonical | 4 |
| System for Award Management exclusion records | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13105260 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excluded Parties List System Context triple: [SAM.gov, replaced, Excluded Parties List System]
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A.
Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) mechanism
The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) mechanism is a standardized process that allows U.S. citizens living abroad and military members to register to vote and request absentee ballots in federal elections.
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B.
Do Not Pay system
The Do Not Pay system is a U.S. government data analytics platform used to prevent and detect improper payments by screening recipients against multiple federal and state databases.
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C.
Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention
The Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention was an early European Union body responsible for coordinating efforts to protect the EU’s financial interests and combat fraud before being succeeded by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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D.
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III is a European Union funding mechanism that supports candidate and potential candidate countries in preparing for EU membership through financial and technical assistance.
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E.
Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement
The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement is a World Trade Organization mechanism created by a group of members to provide an alternative system for resolving trade dispute appeals while the WTO Appellate Body is non-functional.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excluded Parties List System Target entity description: The Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) was a U.S. federal database that tracked individuals and organizations barred from receiving government contracts or assistance.
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A.
Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) mechanism
The Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) mechanism is a standardized process that allows U.S. citizens living abroad and military members to register to vote and request absentee ballots in federal elections.
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B.
Do Not Pay system
The Do Not Pay system is a U.S. government data analytics platform used to prevent and detect improper payments by screening recipients against multiple federal and state databases.
-
C.
Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention
The Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention was an early European Union body responsible for coordinating efforts to protect the EU’s financial interests and combat fraud before being succeeded by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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D.
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III is a European Union funding mechanism that supports candidate and potential candidate countries in preparing for EU membership through financial and technical assistance.
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E.
Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement
The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement is a World Trade Organization mechanism created by a group of members to provide an alternative system for resolving trade dispute appeals while the WTO Appellate Body is non-functional.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. government information system
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federal database ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EPLS ⓘ |
| accessibility | publicly searchable database ⓘ |
| complianceRole |
support eligibility checks for federal assistance
ⓘ
support responsibility determinations in federal contracting ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dataType |
exclusion end dates
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exclusion reasons ⓘ exclusion records ⓘ exclusion start dates ⓘ identifying information on excluded parties ⓘ |
| function |
help prevent awards to suspended or debarred parties
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provide a centralized source of exclusion information for federal procurement ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.4
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linked to:
Federal Acquisition Regulation
U.S. suspension and debarment regulations ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| monitoredEntityType |
contractors
ⓘ
grantees ⓘ individuals ⓘ organizations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. federal acquisition systems ⓘ |
| purpose |
support suspension and debarment processes
ⓘ
track individuals and organizations barred from receiving U.S. federal contracts ⓘ track individuals and organizations barred from receiving U.S. federal financial assistance ⓘ |
| recordSubject |
parties ineligible for certain federal financial and nonfinancial assistance
ⓘ
parties ineligible for federal contracts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
System for Award Management ⓘ
linked to:
Integrated Award Environment
|
| replacedBy |
System for Award Management
ⓘ
linked to:
Integrated Award Environment
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| riskManaged |
fraud risk in federal awards
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procurement integrity risk ⓘ |
| scope |
civilian and defense agencies
ⓘ
government-wide exclusions ⓘ |
| sector | public procurement ⓘ |
| shortName | EPLS ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| statusTracked |
debarment
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other forms of exclusion from federal programs ⓘ suspension ⓘ |
| successorSystem |
System for Award Management exclusion records
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linked to:
Excluded Parties List System
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| usedBy |
U.S. federal agencies
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federal contracting officers ⓘ grant-making officials ⓘ |
| websiteType | online database ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Excluded Parties List System Description of subject: The Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) was a U.S. federal database that tracked individuals and organizations barred from receiving government contracts or assistance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Excluded Parties List System