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1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective primary tier participant is providing the
<br /> certification set out below and agrees to comply with the requirements of 2 CFR parts 180 and
<br /> 1200.
<br /> 2. The inability of a person to provide the certification required below will not necessarily result in
<br /> denial of participation in this covered transaction. The prospective primary tier participant shall
<br /> submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification set out below. The certification or
<br /> explanation will be considered in connection with the department or agency's determination
<br /> whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective primary tier participant to
<br /> furnish a certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this
<br /> transaction.
<br /> 3. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed
<br /> when the department or agency determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later determined that
<br /> the prospective primary tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to
<br /> other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may terminate this
<br /> transaction for cause or default or may pursue suspension or debarment.
<br /> 4. The prospective primary tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the department
<br /> or agency to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective primary tier participant
<br /> learns its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of
<br /> changed circumstances.
<br /> 5. The terms covered transaction, civil judgment, debarment, suspension, ineligible,
<br /> participant, person, principal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause, are defined in
<br /> 2 CFR parts 180 and 1200. You may contact the department or agency to which this proposal is
<br /> being submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
<br /> 6. The prospective primary tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the
<br /> proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier
<br /> covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9 subpart 9.4,
<br /> debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered
<br /> transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency entering into this transaction.
<br /> 7. The prospective primary tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include
<br /> the clause titled "Instructions for Lower Tier Participant Certification" including the "Certification
<br /> Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered
<br /> Transaction," provided by the department or agency entering into this covered transaction, without
<br /> modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered
<br /> transactions and will require lower tier participants to comply with 2 CFR parts 180 and 1200.
<br /> 8. 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 proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart
<br /> 9.44, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it
<br /> knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant is responsible for ensuring that its principals
<br /> are not suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to participate in covered transactions. To verify
<br /> the eligibility of its principals, as well as the eligibility of any prospective lower tier participants, each
<br /> participant may, but is not required to, check the System for Award Management Exclusions
<br /> website
<br /> ( httos.11Www.sam.c1o0.
<br /> 9. 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 /> 10. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 6 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 /> proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9A, suspended, debarred, ineligible, or
<br /> voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to
<br /> the Federal Government, the department or agency may terminate the transaction for cause or
<br /> default.
<br /> CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT,SUSPENSION,AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS—PRIMARY TIER
<br /> COVERED TRANSACTIONS
<br /> 1. The prospective primary tier participant certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and
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