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<br />i. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal
<br />department or agency.
<br />ii. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Grant, been convicted of or had a
<br />civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense
<br />in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public or priva te
<br />agreement or transaction, violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or
<br />commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of
<br />records, making false statements, tax evasion, receiving stolen property, making
<br />false claims, or obstruction of justice;
<br />iii. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
<br />governmental entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the offenses
<br />enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of federal Executive Order 12549; and
<br />iv. Have not within a three-year period preceding the signing of this Grant had one or
<br />more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause of default.
<br />B. Where the Grantee is unable to certify to any of the statements in this Grant, the Grantee
<br />shall attach an explanation to this Grant.
<br />C. The Grantee agrees by signing this Grant that it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier
<br />covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or
<br />voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by
<br />COMMERCE.
<br />D. The Grantee further agrees by signing this Grant that it will include the clause titled
<br />“Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion -Lower
<br />Tier Covered Transaction,” as follows, without modification, in all lower tier covered
<br />transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions:
<br />LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS
<br />i. The lower tier Grantee certifies, by signing this Grant that neither it nor its principals is
<br />presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or
<br />voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or
<br />agency.
<br />ii. Where the lower tier Grantee is unable to certify to any of the statements in this Grant,
<br />such Grantee shall attach an explanation to this Grant.
<br />E. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, lower tier covered
<br />transaction, person, primary covered transaction, principal, and voluntarily excluded,
<br />as used in this section, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections
<br />of the rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact COMMERCE for
<br />assistance in obtaining a copy of these regulations.
<br />11. CONFIDENTIALITY/SAFEGUARDING OF INFORMATION
<br />A. “Confidential Information” as used in this section includes:
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<br />i. All material provided to the Grantee by COMMERCE that is designated as
<br />“confidential” by COMMERCE;
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<br />ii. All material produced by the Grantee that is designated as “confidential” by
<br />COMMERCE; and
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