CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY

AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION – LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION

		1.	By signing and submitting this proposalform, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the certification set out below.

		2.	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 lower tier participant

knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal

Government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available

remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.

		3.	The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the person to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its certification was

erroneous when submitted or had become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.

		4.	The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause, have the meaning set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of the 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 lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transactions

with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended,

declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless

authorized by the department or agency with which this transaction originated.

		6.	The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled “Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion -

Lower Tier Covered Transaction,” without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

		7.	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 proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred,

suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the

certification is erroneous.  A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it determines

the eligibility of its principals.  Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of Parties

Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs.

		8.	Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause.  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 of business 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 transaction with a person who is proposed for

debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded

from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government,

the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including

suspension and/or debarment.

CERTIFICATION

		(1)	The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or

voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency.

		(2)	Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.

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