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, � <br /> ' � APPENDIX IV <br /> ' CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, <br /> AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS <br /> Instructions for Certification <br /> 1 . By signing and submitting this proposal , the prospective primary <br /> participant is providing the certification set out below. '� <br /> 2. The inability of a person to provide the certification required <br /> below will not necessarily result in denial of participation in this <br /> covered transaction. The �rospective participant shall submit an <br /> explanation of why it cannot provide the certification set out <br /> below. The certification or explanation will be considered in <br /> connection with the department or agency's determination whether to <br /> enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective <br /> primary participant to furnish a certification or an explanation <br /> shall disqualify such person from participation in this transaction. <br /> 3. The certification in this clause is a material representation of <br /> fact upon which reliance was placed when the department or agency <br /> determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later <br /> determined that the prospective primary participant knowingly <br /> rendered an erroneous certification in addition to other remedies <br /> available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may <br /> terminate this transaction for cause of default. <br /> 4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate written <br /> notice to the department or agency to whom this proposal is <br /> submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns <br /> that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become <br /> erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br /> 5. The terms "covered transaction", "debarred", "suspended", <br /> "ineligible", "lower tier covered transaction", "participant", <br /> "person", "primary covered transaction", "principal", "proposal", <br /> and "voluntarily excluded", as used in this clause have the meaning <br /> set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules <br /> implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the department <br /> or agency to which this proposal is being submitted for assistance <br /> in obtaining a copy of those regulations. <br /> 6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this <br /> proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered <br /> into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered <br /> transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared <br /> ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this <br /> covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency <br /> entering into this transaction. <br /> 7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by submitting <br /> this proposal that it will include the clause titled "Certification <br /> Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary <br /> Exclusion — Lower Tier Covered Transaction", provided by the <br /> department or agency entering into this covered transaction, without <br /> modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all <br /> solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. <br /> IV-1 <br />