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<br />Interagency Agreement Page 10 of 29
<br />17. DEBARMENT
<br />A.Grantee, defined as the primary participant and its principals, certifies by signing these Special
<br />Terms and Conditions that to the best of its knowledge and belief that they:
<br />1.Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or
<br />voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal department or agency.
<br />2.Have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement, been convicted of or had a
<br />civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in
<br />connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public or private agreement
<br />or transaction, violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of
<br />embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false
<br />statements, tax evasion, receiving stolen property, making false claims, or obstruction of
<br />justice;
<br />3.Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental
<br />entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in
<br />paragraph (1)(b) of federal Executive Order 12549; and
<br />4.Have not within a three-year period preceding the signing of this Agreement 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 Agreement, the Grantee
<br />shall attach an explanation to this Agreement.
<br />C.The Grantee agrees by signing this Agreement that it shall not knowingly enter into any lower
<br />tier 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 Agreement 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 />1.The lower tier Grantee certifies, by signing this Agreement that neither it nor its principals
<br />is 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 />2.Where the lower tier Grantee is unable to certify to any of the statements in this Agreement,
<br />such Grantee shall attach an explanation to this Agreement.
<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 of
<br />the rules implementing Executive Order 12549. Grantee may contact COMMERCE for
<br />assistance in obtaining a copy of these regulations.
<br />18. DETERMINATIONS OF SUITABILITY TO INTERACT WITH PARTICIPATING MINORS
<br />The Grantee, and any subgrantee at any tier, must make determinations of suitability before certain
<br />individuals may interact with participating minors. This requirement applies regardless of an
<br />individual's employment status. The details of this requirement are posted on the OVW website at:
<br />https://www.justice.gov/ovw/award-conditions (titled “Award condition: Determination of suitability
<br />required, in advance, for certain individuals who may interact with participating minors”), and are
<br />incorporated by reference here.
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