R2005-77 ACCEPTING PROPOSAL FIRST TRANSIT, INC.

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G. The prospective primary participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include this section and the Ineligible Contractors Certificate(see Appendix B),provided by the City and included with these specifications, without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. H. 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,or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. Participant may decide that method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principles. Each participant may, but is not required to, check the Non- Procurement List issued by U.S. General Services Administration. I. 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 are not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. J. Except for transactions authorized under Paragraph F of these instructions,if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to all remedies available to the Federal Government, the City may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. 2.0 PROHIBITED INTERESTS No member, or officer, or any employee of the City of Decatur or a local public body with financial interest or control in this contract, during their tenure or for one year thereafter, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement or the proceeds thereof. 3.0 INTEREST OF MEMBER OF OR DELEGATES TO CONGRESS No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States or to the Illinois General Assembly shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement or to any benefit arising therefrom. 4.0 NON-COLLUSION The Contractor guarantees that the proposal it submitted is not a product of collusion with any other bidder and no effort has been made to fi�the proposal price of any bidder or to fix any overhead, profit or cost element of any proposal price. (see Appendix B). 5.0 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Contractor shall be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. In connection with this project,the Contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or disability. The Contractor shall take affirmative action to ensure that 17