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ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participating in this Grant Agreement by any
<br /> • federal County or agency. .1 4
<br /> The Subrecipient shall complete, sign, and return a Certification Regarding Debarment,
<br /> Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion form located at
<br /> http://mil.v .qov/emergency-management-division/grants/requireddrantforms. Any such
<br /> form completed by the Subrecipient for this Agreement shall be incorporated into this
<br /> Agreement by reference.
<br /> Further, the Subrecipient agrees to comply with all applicable federal regulations
<br /> concerning the federal debarment and suspension system, including 2 CFR Part 180.
<br /> The Subrecipient certifies that it will ensure that potential contractors or subrecipients or
<br /> any of their principals are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
<br /> ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in "covered transactions" by any
<br /> federal County or agency. "Covered transactions" include procurement contracts for
<br /> goods or services awarded under a non-procurement transaction (e.g. grant or
<br /> cooperative agreement) that are expected to equal or exceed $25,000, and subawards
<br /> to subrecipients for any amount. With respect to covered transactions, the Subrecipient
<br /> may comply with this provision by obtaining a certification statement from the potential
<br /> contractor or subrecipient or by checking the System for Award Management
<br /> (http://www.sam.gov) maintained by the federal government. The Subrecipient also
<br /> agrees not to enter into any arrangements or contracts with any party on the Washington
<br /> State Department of Labor and Industries' "Debarred Contractor List"
<br /> (http://www.Ini.wa.gov/TradesLicensinq/PrevWage/AwardingAgencies/DebarredContract
<br /> ors/). The Subrecipient also agrees not to enter into any agreements or contracts for the
<br /> purchase of goods and services with any party on the Department of Enterprise
<br /> • Services' Debarred Vendor List
<br /> (http://www.des.wa.qov/services/ContractingPurchasinq/Business/PagesNendor-
<br /> Debarment.aspx).
<br /> A.8 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING
<br /> As required by 44 CFR Part 18, the Subrecipient hereby certifies that to the best of its
<br /> knowledge and belief: (1) no federally appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid-
<br /> by or on behalf of the Subrecipient to any person for influencing or attempting to
<br /> influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or
<br /> employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the
<br /> awarding of any federal contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of any
<br /> federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,
<br /> continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or
<br /> cooperative agreement; (2) that if any funds other than federal appropriated funds have
<br /> been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an
<br /> officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of
<br /> Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Agreement,
<br /> grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the Subrecipient will complete and submit
<br /> Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its
<br /> instructions; (3) and that, as applicable, the Subrecipient will require that the language of
<br /> this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers
<br /> (including sub-contracts, sub-grants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative
<br /> agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. This
<br /> certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when
<br /> this transaction was made or entered into, and is a prerequisite for making or entering
<br /> into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code.
<br /> A.9 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
<br /> No officer or employee of the County; no member, officer, or employee of the
<br /> Subrecipient or its designees or agents; no member of the governing body of the
<br /> jurisdiction in which the project is undertaken or located; and no other official of the
<br /> Subrecipient who exercises any functions or responsibilities with respect to the project
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