2017/10/25 Council Agenda Packet

G APPLICABLE CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS (23 CFR PART 1300 APPENDIX A): 34. BUY AMERICA ACT The SUB-RECIPI KNT will comply with the Buy America requirement(23 U.S.C. 313)when purchasing items using federal funds. Buy America requires the SUB-RECIPIENT to purchase only steel, iron, and manufactured products produced in the United States,unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that such domestically produced items would be inconsistent with the public interest, that such materials are not reasonably available and of a satisfactory quality, or that inclusion of domestic materials will increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 25 percent. In order to use federal funds to purchase foreign produced items, the WTSC must submit a waiver request that provides an adequate basis and justification, and which is approved by the Secretary of Transportation. 35.DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION Instructions for Lower Tier Certification 35.1. By signing this Agreement, the SUB-RECIP I H;NT (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "lower tier participant") is providing the certification set out below and agrees to comply with the requirements of 2 CFR part 180 and 23 CFR part 1300. 35.2. The certification in this section is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the lower tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the federal government,the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies,including suspension and/or debarment. 35.3. The lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the WTSC if at any time the lower tier participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. 35.4. The terms covered transaction, debarment, suspension, ineligible,lower tier,participant,person, primary tier,principal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause,have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Covered Transactions sections of 2 CFR part 180. 35.5. The lower tier participant agrees by signing this Agreement that it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for deballuent under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction,unless authorized by NHTSA. 35.6. The lower tier participant further agrees by signing this Agreement that it will include the clause titled "Instructions for Lower Tier Certification" including the "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary.Exclusion- Lower Tier Covered Transaction,"without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions, and will require lower tier participants to comply with 2 CFR part 18Q and 23 CFR part 1300. 35.7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decinti.e method and frequency by which it determines the 11-1-1011.%qrlf may hiif is not rPr�nirPrl fn rherlc the T.ict of Parties Excluded