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<br /> INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION •
<br /> 1, By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective recipient of federal assistance fluids 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
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<br /> available to the Federal Government, the Department of Labor (DOL) may'pursue available
<br /> remedies,including suspension and/or debarment,
<br /> • 3; The prospective recipient of federal assistance funds shall provide immediate written notice to the •
<br /> .person to which.this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective recipient of federal
<br /> assistance funds learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous
<br /> by reason of changed circumstances,
<br /> 4, The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered
<br /> transaction," "participant," parson, "primary covered transaction," "principal,' "proposal," and
<br /> "voluntarily excluded," FIB used in this clause, have the meanings set out In the Definitions and
<br /> Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive 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. The prospective recipient of federal assistance funds agrees 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 by the DOL,
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<br /> 6. The prospective recipient of federal atisiatunce funds further 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 transaction may 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 /> participant may, but is not required to check the List of Parties Excluded from Procurement or Non •
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<br /> Procurement Programs.
<br /> 8• Nothing 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 under 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 transaction, in
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<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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