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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT,
SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION.
LOWER TIER FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSACTIONS
I. Sy signing and submitting this form, the certifying party is providing the certification set out below.
2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was
entered into. , If it is later determined that the certifying party knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other
remedies available to the Federal Government, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) or agencies with which this
transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
3 The certifying party shall provide immediate written notice to the person to which this contract is submitted if at any time the
certifying partyle` riffs that its certificationt was"erroneous when 'iubrnined or his beeorne `errorteou.s by reason bt c iinjcd
circumstances.
4. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible., Iower tier covered transaction, participant, person, primary
covered transaction, principal, proposal. and voluntarily excluded. as used in this clause, have the meanings set ow in the
Definitions and Coverage sections 'armies implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the person to which this
contract is subrnitted for sssistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
5. The certifying party agrees by submitting this contract that. should the proposed covered transaction be entered into. it shall not
knowingly enter into anylower tier contract, or other covered transaction with a person who,is proposed for debarment under 48
CFR 9. subpar 9.4. debarred, suspended, declared ineligible. or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered
. transaction, unless authorized by the DEP or agency with which this transaction originated.
6. The certifying party further agrees by executing this contract that it will include this clause titled "Certification Regarding
Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion -Lower Tier Covered Transaction," without modification, in all
contracts or 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 is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR 9. subpart 9.4. debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded
from the covered transaction, 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
Nonprocurement List ('Telephone No. (202) 501-4740 or (202) 501-4873.)
Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render in good
faith the cenitcation 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 9, subpart 9.4,
suspendeJ, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies
available to the Federal Government, the DEP or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies,
including suspension and/or debarment.
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