PGI 209.407-3  Procedures.

(a)  Use the format at PGI 209.406-3(a) when referring a matter to the agency debarring and suspending official for consideration. To the extent practicable, provide all information specified in the format.

(b)  If a referral lacks sufficient evidence of a cause for suspension, the debarring and suspending official may initiate a review or investigation, as appropriate, by reporting the referral to the appropriate Government entity, e.g., contracting activity, inspector general, or criminal investigative agency.

(c)  Decisionmaking process.

(1)  The agency debarring and suspending official may initiate the suspension process by issuing a notice of suspension in accordance with FAR 9.407-3(c) when the debarring and suspending official finds that the administrative record contains sufficient evidence of one or more of the causes for suspension stated in FAR 9.407-2.

(i)  The absence of a referral in accordance with DFARS 209.407-3, or the absence of any information specified in the report format at PGI 209.406-3(a), will not preclude the debarring and suspending official from making such a finding.

(ii)  The signature of the debarring and suspending official on the notice of suspension is sufficient evidence that the debarring and suspending official has made such a finding.

(2)  In deciding whether to terminate a suspension following a submission of matters in opposition, the agency debarring and suspending official must use the decisionmaking process stated in FAR 9.407-3(b), DFARS Appendix H, and any agency-specific procedures that were provided to the contractor in advance of the decision.