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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION
<br />L By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective recipient of federal assistance foods is
<br />providing the certification as set out below.
<br />2. The certification in this clause is a material representation. of fact upon which reliance was placed
<br />when this transaction was entered into, if it is later determined that the prospective recipient of
<br />federal assistance funds knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies
<br />available to the Federal Government, the Department of Labor (POL) may pursue available
<br />remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
<br />3. The prospective recipient of federal assistance funds shall provide,minediate written notice to the
<br />person to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective i=-ipicnt of federal
<br />assistance funds learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous
<br />by reason of changed circurastaneus,
<br />4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered
<br />transaction," '�parncipant," "person'," "primary covered transaction," "prhroipal," "proposal," and
<br />"voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and
<br />Coverage sections of rules implementing Exeeutivc Order 12549, You may contact the person to
<br />Which this proposal is submitted for assistance "in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
<br />5. Thoprospective incipient of federal assistanee funds as `ces by submitting this proposal that, should
<br />the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier
<br />covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily
<br />excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized bythe t)OL.
<br />6, The prospective recipient of federal -assistance funds Rather agrees by submitting this proposal that
<br />it will include the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
<br />voluntary exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions," without modification, in all lower tier
<br />covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
<br />7, A participant in a covered transaetionmay rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a
<br />lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded
<br />from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may
<br />decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. :Each
<br />participvnnmy, but is notrequired,to check the List of Parties Excluded from Proeurement or Non -
<br />Procurement Programs,
<br />8. Notl»ng contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of
<br />records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause, The knowledge and
<br />information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent
<br />person in the ordinary course of business dealings,
<br />9. Except for transactions authorized tinder paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a participant in a
<br />covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is
<br />suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transactlor� in
<br />addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the DOL may pursue available
<br />remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
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