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INSTRUCTIONS FOR Cu�CATION
<br />1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective recipient of federal assistance fiords 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 (DOL) may pursue available
<br />remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
<br />3, , The Prospective ;recipient of federal assistance fiords, shall -Provide Immediate written notice tD 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 orroneous 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," "person," "primary Covered transaction," "principal," "prDposal," and
<br />if excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Delmitions 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, deelawd ineligible, or voluntarily
<br />excluded from participation in this covored transaction, unless authorized by the DOL.
<br />6. The prospective recipient of federal assistance flmds farther agrees by submitting this proposal that
<br />it will include the clause titled "Certlfioation 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 cortifcation 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 transactiotu, 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 form Pmculrament Dr Non -
<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, Thu 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 f m. participation in this transaction, 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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