SAM.gov verification

Federal debarment, suspension, and active exclusion records.

Daily Primary source — no aggregator Authority site

Issuing authority: U.S. General Services Administration

What we verify

Active federal exclusion records

Cause and treatment codes

Excluding agency and termination date

Cross-references to LEIE

Verification rules

How we decide pass / flag / block

01
Any active SAM exclusion is a Blocking discrepancy.
02
Expired or terminated exclusions are recorded as historical context, not blockers.
03
Matches are confirmed against name + address + last-4 of SSN/EIN where available.

Example evidence

Example SAM.gov screen

Stored alongside the credential with source URL, raw payload hash, and timestamp. Names and IDs below are illustrative.

Verified payload (excerpt)

exclusion_type

None active

search_terms

Rivera, Jane MD

checked_at

2026-06-07T03:15:00Z

api_version

Refresh cadence

Daily

Daily full re-screen of all active providers; on-demand re-screen when a credential is added to a packet.

Source-down handling

When the authority is unreachable

SAM API rate limits are handled with exponential backoff. If unrecoverable, the field is marked stale and packets requiring fresh SAM are blocked until resolved.

Previous source

OIG LEIE

Office of Inspector General — List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

Next source

NPDB

National Practitioner Data Bank