Audit of EXIM’s Suspension and Debarment Program

Update, finalize, and implement internal procedures to ensure that S&D referrals are processed consistently and in accordance with a designated time-frame. The internal procedures should require but are not limited to: (a) Establish preliminary and SDO review timelines for processing of referrals differentiated by case types; (b) Implement a process to alert responsible staff to send timely notification of suspension, proposed debarment, and debarment decisions to affected parties; (c) Require entry of excluded individuals into SAM within 3 business days as required and sending timely notification of decisions to the affected parties; and (d) Include controls and process validation for the various phases and steps involved (e.g., queues by case type, milestones or follow-up dates for phase and step(s) completion, monitoring reports, and periodic reconciliation of exclusion information to SAM).