New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 3 - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter 3 - REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL › Appendix D

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
READ THE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE SIGNING THIS
				  CERTIFICATION. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
				  CERTIFICATION.
Appendix B to CFR § 29 Part 98
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility
				  and Voluntary Exclusion
Lower Tier Covered Transactions
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 an 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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Name and Title of Authorized Representative
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Signature
Date
This certification is required by the regulations
				  implementing Federal Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, 29 CFR
				  Part 98, Section 98.510.
Appendix A to CFR § 29 Part 98
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility
				  and Voluntary Exclusion
Lower Tier Covered Transactions
Instructions for Certification
1. By signing and submitting this proposal,
				the prospective lower tier participant is providing the certification set out
				below.
2. The certification in this
				clause is a material representation of facts 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 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 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 transaction 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 this 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 covered transactions, 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.