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disability in employment, public accommodations , transportation , State and local government services , and
<br /> telecommunications .
<br /> (f) Those who have been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public
<br /> entity crime or on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services
<br /> to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public
<br /> building or public work , may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or
<br /> perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with a public entity , and may
<br /> not transact business with any public entity in excess of $25 , 000 . 00 for a period of 36 months from the date of
<br /> being placed on the convicted vendor list or on the discriminatory vendor list.
<br /> (g) Any Recipient which is not a local government or state agency , and which receives funds under
<br /> this Agreement from the federal government , certifies , to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its
<br /> principals :
<br /> 1 , are not presently debarred , suspended , proposed for debarment , declared ineligible, or
<br /> voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency;
<br /> 2 . have not, within a five-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a
<br /> civil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining , attempting to
<br /> obtain , or performing a public (federal , state or local) transaction or contract under public transaction ; violation of
<br /> federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft , forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction
<br /> of records , making false statements , or receiving stolen property;
<br /> 3 , are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental
<br /> entity (federal , state or local) with commission of any offenses enumerated in paragraph 19(g )21 of this certification ;
<br /> and
<br /> 4 , have not within a five-year period preceding this Agreement had one or more public
<br /> transactions (federal , state or local ) terminated for cause or default.
<br /> If the Recipient is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification , then the Recipient shall
<br /> attach an explanation to this Agreement.
<br /> In addition , the Recipient shall send to the Division ( by email or by facsimile transmission ) the
<br /> completed " Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension , Ineligibility And Voluntary Exclusion "
<br /> (Attachment 1 ) for each intended subcontractor which Recipient plans to fund under this Agreement. The
<br /> form must be received by the Division before the Recipient enters into a contract with any subcontractor.
<br /> ( h ) The State of Florida' s performance and obligation to pay under this Agreement is contingent
<br /> upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature , and subject to any modification in accordance with Chapter 216 ,
<br /> Fla . Stat , or the Florida Constitution .
<br /> ( i) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in detail
<br /> sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof.
<br /> 0 ) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112 . 061 ( 14) (a) , Fla .
<br /> Stat. The provisions of any special or local law, present or future , shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in this
<br /> section , but only to the extent of the conflict .
<br /> (k) The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Recipient refuses to
<br /> allow public access to all documents , papers , letters or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119 , Fla .
<br /> Stat. , which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement .
<br /> ( 1) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this Agreement,
<br /> any interest income shall either be returned to the Division or be applied against the Division 's obligation to pay the
<br /> contract amount.
<br /> (m ) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any contractor who
<br /> knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers , constituting a violation of the employment provisions contained in 8
<br /> U . S . C . Section 1324a (e) [Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (" INA" )] . The Division shall
<br /> consider the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A(e) of the INA. Such
<br /> violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in Section 274A(e) of the INA shall be grounds
<br /> for unilateral cancellation of this Agreement by the Division .
<br /> ( n ) The Recipient is subject to Florida' s Government in the Sunshine Law ( Section 286 . 011 , Fla .
<br /> Stat . ) with respect to the meetings of the Recipient's governing board or the meetings of any subcommittee making
<br /> recommendations to the governing board . All of these meetings shall be publicly noticed , open to the public , and
<br /> the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records , available to the public in accordance with Chapter 119 , Fla .
<br /> Stat .
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