How to screen a vendor for federal exclusions

Before you onboard or pay a vendor, you should confirm it is not debarred, suspended, or sanctioned by the US federal government. Paying a sanctioned or excluded entity can mean clawbacks, lost reimbursement, or OFAC penalties.

FCRA-safe scope. This is vendor / business-entity KYB + sanctions compliance screening across public US federal lists. It is not a consumer report under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and must not be used to make decisions about an individual's credit, employment, insurance, or tenancy. Sanctions and exclusion screening for compliance falls outside FCRA — we keep it there.

Lists checked in one call

List	What it covers	Source
OFAC SDN & Consolidated	Sanctioned parties — payments are prohibited	U.S. Treasury
SAM.gov exclusions	Debarred / suspended federal contractors	GSA / SAM.gov
OIG-LEIE	Excluded healthcare providers & orgs	HHS-OIG
State debarment	State-level procurement exclusions	State agencies

How it works

One call screens the entity against all four sources at once, deduplicates entities that appear on more than one list, and returns a clear match / possible-match / no-match verdict with the matched record, the exclusion type, the date, and a link to the primary source.

Try it (live)

GET  https://exclude.dropwatchhq.com/api/screen?name=ACME%20CORP
POST https://exclude.dropwatchhq.com/api/screen   {"name":"ACME CORP","npi":"1234567890"}
POST https://exclude.dropwatchhq.com/api/batch     {"entities":["A INC","B LLC"]}

Returns match / possible-match / no-match per list, with the matched record, exclusion type, date, source link, and a confidence score. Agent-callable via MCP (POST /mcp, tool screen_exclusion) and payable per-call via x402.

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How to screen a vendor for federal exclusions

Lists checked in one call

How it works

Try it (live)

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