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F. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this proposal that it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized in writing by the CITY. G. The prospective primary participant further agrees by executing this Agreement that it will include this section 8.1 and the Ineligible Contractors Certificate (Exhibit C), 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 terminate this transaction for cause or default. 8.2 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 fix the proposal price of any bidder or to fix any overhead, profit or cost element of any proposal price. (Attachment D.) 8.3 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACTOR will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. In connection with this project, the Bidder shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or disability. The Bidder shall take affirmative action to ensure that qualified and approved applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, religion, color, sex, or national origin. Such action will include,but not be limited to the following: employment,upgrading, demotion, recruitment advertising, layoff, transfer, or termination, rates of pay or other compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The bidder shall also notify any and all suppliers or subcontractors of his obligations under this Agreement related.to this provision. Decatur Public Ti-ansit Svstem Underground Tank Monitoring Upgrades S