Firms and individuals that are ineligible to be awarded a World Bank-financed contract for the periods indicated because they have been sanctioned under the Bank's fraud and corruption policy as set forth in the Procurement Guidelines and the Consultant Guidelines, or through the World Bank Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing Borrowers.
Although the World Bank has its own Debarment procedures, many of the designees are cross debarred, meaning that due to mutual enforcement of debarment decisions among multilateral development banks, if for example, the Asian Development Bank debars a contractor, so will the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Such sanctions are imposed as the result of: (1) an administrative process conducted by the Bank that permitted the accused firms and individuals to respond to the allegations. Cross-debarment is conducted in accordance with the Agreement for Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions dated 9 April 2010, which, as of July 1, 2011, has been made effective by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, and African Development Bank.
The process is currently conducted in accordance with Bank Procedure: Sanctions Proceedings and Settlements in Bank Financed Projects. For more information on the two-tier sanctions process go to Sanctions Management webpage.
Click here to see additional notes on debarred firms and individuals and here to see an explanatory note on the application of cross-debarment.
To report allegations of fraud and corruption in Bank-financed projects, please contact the Integrity Vice Presidency.