tensorust/sam-exclusions-awardees-sample

Excluded Parties with Live Awards: free sample (Tensorust LLC)

Firms on the SAM.gov exclusion list that still show federal award dollars, matched by UEI, parent UEI and name.

Headline: An excluded firm cannot receive new federal contracts or most assistance, yet award actions keep posting to recipients on the SAM.gov exclusion list.

This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 168 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/sam-exclusions-awardees/.

Files here

file	what it is
sample.csv	25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com)
summary_by_exclusion_type.csv	row counts and totals by exclusion type across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other")

Summary by exclusion type (largest groups)

Exclusion type	rows	Federal obligations FY2025+ (USD)
Ineligible (Proceedings Pending)	61	153,829,103
Ineligible (Proceedings Completed)	60	-17,490,937
Ineligible (Proceedings Complete)	29	-32,576,483
Voluntary Exclusion	11	36,657,617
Prohibition/Restriction	7	263,904,641
TOTAL	168	404,323,941

Full table: summary_by_exclusion_type.csv.

What the full file has

• 168 rows
• Key fields: excluded_name, classification, excluded_uei, cage, city, state, country, exclusion_program, excluding_agency, exclusion_type
• Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
• Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)

Coverage: 33,929 active firm and special-entity exclusions; 168 matches to award recipients. Exclusions as of Nov 6, 2026; awards through the ontology's USAspending pull.

Columns in the full file

column	meaning
excluded_name	Name on the SAM exclusion record
classification	Firm or Special Entity Designation (individuals removed)
excluded_uei	UEI on the exclusion record
cage	CAGE code on the exclusion record
city	City on the exclusion record
state	State on the exclusion record
country	Country
exclusion_program	Reciprocal or Nonprocurement
excluding_agency	Agency that entered the exclusion
exclusion_type	Ineligible, Prohibited/Restricted, etc.
ct_code	Cause and treatment code
active_date	Exclusion start date
termination_date	Exclusion end date (or Indefinite)
record_status	Active
match_type	How the award recipient was matched: UEI, parent UEI (the excluded entity is the recipient's parent), or exact normalized name + state
recipient_uei	USAspending recipient UEI
recipient_name	USAspending recipient name
parent_uei	Recipient parent UEI
parent_name	Recipient parent name
obligated_fy25_plus	Federal obligations to the recipient FY2025 onward (USD)
contract_obligations	Contract obligations FY2025 onward
grant_obligations	Assistance obligations FY2025 onward
obligated_fy2026_plus	Obligations in FY2026 and FY2027 to date
n_contract_awards	Contract awards
n_grant_awards	Assistance awards
last_action_date	Latest award action date for the recipient
award_action_after_exclusion	True when the recipient's latest award action is after the exclusion start date
top_agency	Top awarding agency
sam_number	SAM exclusion record id

Get the full file

tier	price	includes
Match file	$1,500	All 168 exclusion-to-award matches with match type, dollars and dates, plus the full active firm and entity exclusion list.
Monthly screening file	$9,000 a year	The match file re-run monthly on the daily SAM extract and new USAspending actions, with new matches flagged.
Enterprise screening license	$30,000 a year	Weekly re-runs, matching against your own vendor or subrecipient list (UEI or name + state), and internal use across contracting and grants teams.

Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/sam-exclusions-awardees/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/

Method and limits

Remove individuals and vessels from the SAM exclusion extract. Match firms and entities to USAspending recipients three ways: same UEI, the excluded UEI appearing as the recipient's parent UEI, and exact ontology name key plus state for names of 6 or more characters. Compare the recipient's last action date with the exclusion start date.

Not a finding that any award was improper: an exclusion can postdate the award, some actions are modifications, deobligations or closeouts, and agencies can grant compelling-reason waivers. Name plus state matches are leads, not verified identity. No individuals, cross-reference names or addresses.

Sources

• SAM.gov Exclusions Public Extract V2, file 26310 (Nov 6, 2026), https://sam.gov/data-services/Exclusions/Public%20V2
• USAspending.gov recipient totals FY2025 onward, https://www.usaspending.gov/, in the Tensorust Ontology

License

The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/sam-exclusions-awardees/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.

Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com