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Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements
The undersigned certifies to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid, or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of
an agency. a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any
Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement,
and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract,
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid to any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee . of any agency, a Member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned
shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in
accordance with its instructions.
(3) This undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the
award documents for "All" sub -awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, sub -grants, and
contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub -recipients shall
certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this
transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a pre -requisite for
making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. Any
person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a. civil penalty of not less
th. :, 00 and not more than $100,000 for each such fail
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* Note: In these instances, "AIl" in the Final Rule is expected to be clarified to show that it
applies to covered contract/grant transactions over $100,000 (per QMB).
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND OTHER
RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS PRIMARY COVERED TRANSACTIONS
1. The Sub -Recipient certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals:
a. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible,
or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal department or
agency.
b. Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had
a civil judgement rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense
in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal,
State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal
or State antitrust statutes or falsification or destruction of records, making false
statements, or receiving stolen property;
c. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
government entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the offenses
enumerated in paragraph I .b of this certification; and
d. Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or
more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or default.
2. Where the prospective primary participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this
certification, such prospective participant shall submit an explanation to the City of Miami.
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