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World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals

 

As of January 1, 2021, the World Bank has modified its practices with respect to the “Grounds” column of both Table 1 (“Debarred & Cross-Debarred Firms and Individuals”) and Table 2 (“Other Sanctions”). All entries posted after January 1, 2021 will state, in the “Grounds” column, the sanctionable practice for which the firm or individual has been sanctioned. The “Grounds” column will also designate whether the firm or individual is a controlled affiliate, controlling affiliate, or successor/assign of a sanctioned entity. Cross-debarred firms and individuals will continue to be identified in the “Grounds” column.

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Such sanction was 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. Through July 2007, this process was conducted in accordance with the Sanctions Committee Procedures adopted on August 2, 2001. 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.

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(2) cross-debarment 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.

Click here to see additional notes on debarred firms and individuals and here to see an explanatory note on the application of cross-debarment.

The Bank may also apply other actions to firms and individuals that do not result in debarment. For the current list, see Table 2: Other Sanctions which is located further down this page.

To report allegations of fraud and corruption in Bank-financed projects, please contact the Integrity Vice Presidency.

Table 1: Debarred & Cross-Debarred Firms & Individuals
The firms and individuals listed in Table 1 below are debarred and thus ineligible to participate in World Bank-financed contracts for the periods indicated. The full scope of ineligibility resulting from debarment is described in the Bank Procedure: Sanctions Proceedings and Settlements in Bank Financed Projects (see Section III.A, sub-paragraph 9.01(c)). These entities are ineligible as a result of prohibited conduct defined in the applicable Procurement or Consultant Guidelines or in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing Borrowers; different guidelines may apply depending on the project at issue. More information on the basis of each entity’s sanction is available in the “Grounds” column and/or in the Notes on Debarred Firms and Individuals PDF.

Note: To obtain the best results when performing a search, it is advised that only a portion of the firm/individual name be entered. This allows for the greatest chance of seeing all sanctioned entities with names close to or exactly as those being searched. For example, to search for:

C.V. ABCD, enter ABCD;
ABCD Engineers SRL, enter ABCD or ABCD Engineers; or
ABCD Royal Consulting Co., enter ABCD, or ABCD Royal, or Royal Consulting

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Firms and Individuals on the list may have an (*) and number associated with them. Please refer to this Notes on Debarred Firms and Individuals PDF to see the details.


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Cross-debarred Entities

a) all projects subject to the May 2010 or later dated revisions to the Procurement Guidelines and Consultant Guidelines; and

b) to all projects subject to earlier editions of the Procurement Guidelines and Consultant Guidelines for which the legal agreements have been amended to give effect to the cross-debarment regime, with the exception of projects in the following countries for which such amendments have not taken effect: 

1. Federative Republic of Brazil (not including States and other financing recipients in Brazil)
2. Bulgaria
3. State of Eritrea
4. Republic of Kazakhstan (not including Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating company - KEGOC) 
5. Republic of Kenya
6. Serbia


Table 2: Other Sanctions 

Name of Firm & Address

Date of Imposition of Sanction

Sanction Imposed

Grounds

OAO Armada *12

Ongoing

Letter of reprimand

Sanctions Procedures, Section 9.04(a)

PT. Bumirejo *13

Ongoing

Letter of reprimand

January 1999 Procurement Guidelines, para. 1.15(a)(ii)

Union Strong Group, Inc.  *56

Union Strong Building
500 Benson Street, Monrovia, Liberia

September 22, 2022 – September 21, 2024Conditional Non-debarmentCorrupt Practice
NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. *58

5-4, KOJIMACHI, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO, 102-8539, JAPAN
June 22, 2023 – June 21, 2025Conditional Non-debarmentFraudulent Practices
NIPPON KOEI VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD *58

10TH FLOOR, TOWER A, HANDI-RESCO BUILDING, 521 KIM MA, NGOC KHANH WARD, BA DINH DISTRICT, HANOI, VIETNAM
June 22, 2023  – June 21, 2025Conditional Non-debarmentFraudulent Practices

TPF GETINSA EUROESTUDIOS S.L. *59

Ramón de Aguinaga, 8

Madrid, 28028

Spain

Feberuary 29, 2024 - November 28, 2027Conditional Non-debarmentCorrupt and Collusive Practices

Nippon Koei Latin America – Caribbean Co., Ltd. (Reg. No. 0100-01-083606)*60

5-4 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-

8539, Japan

March 12, 2024 – June 21, 2025Conditional Non-debarmentFraudulent Practices

Nippon Koei Latin America – Caribbean Co., Ltd. Mexico (Reg. No. N-2018053127)*60

 

Avenida Insurgentes Sur 1168 interior 501 Colonia Del Valle. C.P. 03100 Ciudad de México Alcaldía Benito Juárez, México

March 12, 2024 – June 21, 2025Conditional Non-debarmentControlled Affiliate of a Sanctioned Entity

Nippon Koei Mozambique, Limitada. (Reg. No. 100349507)*60

 

Distrito Urbano 1, Bairro Polane Cimento A. Av Armando Tivane No.269, Maputo, Mozambique

March 12, 2024 – June 21, 2025

Conditional Non-debarment

Controlled Affiliate of a Sanctioned Entity

Nippon Koei LAC do Brasil Ltda. (Reg. No. 08.871.349/0001- 00)*60

 

Rua Claudio Soares No.72, Salas 302 e 303, 3º andar, Pinheiros CEP 05422-030, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil

March 12, 2024 – June 21, 2025Conditional Non-debarmentControlled Affiliate of a Sanctioned Entity

Nippon Koei LAC, Inc. (Reg. No. 1852144-1- 713983 DV63)*60

 

Torre ADR, Piso 9, Avenida Samuel Lewis, Urbanización Obarrio, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

March 12, 2024 – June 21, 2025

Conditional Non-debarment

Controlled Affiliate of a Sanctioned Entity

Footnotes

*12 Sanctions Board Decision No. 65 (Sanctions Case No. 173) issued on May 2, 2014

*13 Sanctions Board Decision No. 67 (Sanctions Case No. 193) issued on June 16, 2014

*56 Sanctions Board Decision No. 138 (Sanctions Case No. 693) issued on September 22, 2022

*58 Sanctions Board Decision No. 140 (Sanctions Case No. 762) issued on June 22, 2023.

*59 Sanctions Board Decision No. 142 (Sanctions Case No. 760) issued on February 29, 2024. Although Sanctions Board Decision No. 142 imposes a sanction of conditional non-debarment, TPF Getinsa Euroestudios S.L. remains debarred (with conditions) through November 28, 2027, pursuant to Sanctions Board Decision No. 134 (Sanctions Case No. 620).

*60 This sanction is the result of a Settlement Agreement. Nippon Koei Latin America – Caribbean Co., Ltd. (“NKLAC”) is subject to a conditional non-debarment for a period of one year, three months and nine days. This sanction extends to certain Affiliates. At the end of this period, NKLAC may be released from conditional non-debarment provided that it has complied with the following conditions: (a) it has met integrity compliance conditions to the satisfaction of the World Bank Group’s Integrity Compliance Officer; (b) it has fully cooperated with the World Bank Group; and (c) it has otherwise complied fully with the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement. If NKLAC fails to meet these conditions by the end of the period of sanction, its conditional non-debarment will automatically convert into a debarment with conditional release until the conditions are met.

 

Click on the link for the full text of the Sanctions Committee Procedures.

Click on the link for the full text of the Bank Procedure: Sanctions Proceedings and Settlements in Bank Financed Projects