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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION <br /> 1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective lower-tier participant is providing the <br /> certification set out below. <br /> 2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when <br /> this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower-tier participant <br /> knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal <br /> Government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available <br /> remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. <br /> 3. The prospective lower-tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the person to whom <br /> this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower-tier participant learns that its certification <br /> was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br /> 4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower-tier covered <br /> transaction," "participant," " person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," and <br /> "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and <br /> Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. <br /> 5. The prospective lower-tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed <br /> covered transaction be entered into,it shall not knowingly enter into any lower-tier covered transaction <br /> with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from <br /> participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency with which <br /> this transaction originated. <br /> 6. The prospective lower-tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the <br /> clause titled"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion- <br /> Lower Tier Covered Transactions,"without modification, in all lower-tier covered transactions and in <br /> all solicitations for lower-tier covered transactions. <br /> 7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a <br /> lower-tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded <br /> from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may <br /> decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each <br /> participant may check the Non-procurement List. <br /> 8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records <br /> in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause.The knowledge and information <br /> of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the <br /> ordinary course of business dealings. <br /> 9. Except for transactions authorized under Paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a participant in a covered <br /> transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is suspended, <br /> debarred, ineligible, or voluntary excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other <br /> remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency with which this transaction <br /> originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment <br /> 8 <br />