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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective recipient or federal assistance funds is providing the certification as set out below. 21 The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective recipient of federal assistance funds knowingly rendered ati erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the Department of Labor (DOL) may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. The prospective recipient of federal assistanco fiords shall provide humediate written notice to the person to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective recipient of federal assistance funds learns thatits certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. • The farms "coveredtransaoton,„ debarred,„" suspended,"„meligiblc,," lower tier covered transaction," "participant," "pe1-8011," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal,,' and "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of rules Implementing .Executive Order 12549. You may contact the person to which this proposal is submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations. 5. The prospective recipient of federal assistance funds agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction„ unless authorized by the DOL. 6. The prospective reolpient of federal assistance funds further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and voluntary exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions;" without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, Of voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is cnxxneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it dctermfnes the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may, but is not required to check She List of Parties Excluded finm Procurement or NM f roouremont Programs. 8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of recants in order to render in good filth the certification required by this claum The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course ofbusiness dealings. 9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered in,nsaction with a person who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the DOL may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. EXHIBIT C Page 2 of 2