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r � <br /> r <br /> � • <br /> Instructions for Certification <br /> 1. By signing and submitting this proposai, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the <br /> certification set out below. � <br /> 2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was p(aced <br /> when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tier participant <br /> knowingiy rendered an erroneous ce�tification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal <br /> Government, the depa�tment or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available <br /> remedies, including suspension andlor debarment. <br /> 3.. The prospective lower tier participant shali provide immediate written notice to the person to which <br /> this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier pa�ticipant learns that its certification <br /> was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br /> 4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "iower tier covered <br /> transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principat," "proposal," and <br /> "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage <br /> sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. <br /> 5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed <br /> covered transaction be entered into, it shalt not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction <br /> with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation <br /> � in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency with which this transaction <br /> originated. <br /> 6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include <br /> the ctause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Inetigibility and Votuntary <br /> Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered Transactioris," without modification, in all lower tier cove�ed <br /> transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. <br /> 7. A participant in a covered transaction may rety �spon a certification of a prospective participant in a <br /> lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from <br /> the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the <br /> method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participanf may check <br /> the Nonprocurement List. <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. 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. . <br /> 9. Except for transactions authoriZed under paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a pa�ticipant in a <br /> covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is <br /> suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntary excluded from pa�ticipation in this transaction, in addition <br /> to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency with which this <br /> transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. _ - <br />