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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION
<br />1. By signing aqd submitting this document, the. prospective recipient of Federal assistance funds 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 laterdetermined 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 or agency with which this transaction originated
<br />may pursue available 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 whom this agreement is entered, if at any time the prospective recipient of Federal
<br />assistance funds learns that its certification was erroneous, when submitted or has become
<br />erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
<br />4. The terms "covered transaction," " debarred," " suspended," "ineligible, "'lower tier covered
<br />transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "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 Executive Order 12549.
<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 department or
<br />agency with which this transaction originated.
<br />6. The prospective recipient of Federal assistance 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 covered
<br />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
<br />Procurement Programs.
<br />8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records
<br />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.
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<br />t3. -k,lit,cent,fc rirpnsarrrtgtis,auth`©'rized,unt ,Paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a 1�rtictpartt itl „^a
<br />covered transaction knowingly entArs in o a lower tier covered transaction witha person Whb " ^^ +
<br />suspended, debarred ineligible, or voluntary excluded from participation in this transaction, in
<br />addition to op�ller remedies available to th)p Federal Government, the department or agency,witNwhich
<br />this transactio' iAbrigdnhted �6y�purst e4av'silable remedies, including suspension;a�rjj oarrft2Mrt.
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