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public entity , may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier , subcontractor , or consultant
<br /> under a contract with a public entity , and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of
<br /> $25 , 000 . 00 for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list or on the
<br /> discriminatory vendor list .
<br /> (g ) Any Recipient which is not a local government or state agency , and which receives
<br /> funds under this Agreement from the federal government , certifies , to the best of its knowledge and belief,
<br /> that it and its principals :
<br /> 1 . are not presently debarred , suspended , proposed for debarment , declared
<br /> ineligible , or 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
<br /> had a civil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining ,
<br /> attempting to obtain , or performing a public (federal , state or local ) transaction or contract under public
<br /> transaction ; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement , theft , forgery ,
<br /> bribery, falsification or destruction of records , making false statements , or receiving stolen property ;
<br /> 3 , are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
<br /> governmental entity (federal , state or local ) with commission of any offenses enumerated in paragraph
<br /> 19 ( g ) 2 . of this certification ; and
<br /> 4 . have not within a five- year period preceding this Agreement had one or more
<br /> public 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
<br /> shall attach an explanation to this Agreement .
<br /> In addition , the Recipient shall send to the Division ( by email or by facsimile transmission )
<br /> the completed " Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension , Ineligibility And Voluntary
<br /> Exclusion " ( Attachment G ) for each intended subcontractor which Recipient plans to fund under this
<br /> Agreement. The form must be received by the Division before the Recipient enters into a contract
<br /> with any subcontractor.
<br /> ( h ) The State of Florida' s performance and obligation to pay under this Agreement is
<br /> contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature , and subject to any modification in accordance
<br /> with Chapter 216 , Fla . Stat , or the Florida Constitution .
<br /> ( i ) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in
<br /> detail sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof.
<br /> Q ) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112 . 061 , Fla ,
<br /> Stat . The provisions of any special or local law , present or future , shall prevail over any conflicting provisions
<br /> in this section , but only to the extent of the conflict .
<br /> ( k ) The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Recipient
<br /> refuses to allow public access to all documents , papers , letters or other material subject to the provisions of
<br /> Chapter 119 , Fla . 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
<br /> Agreement , any interest income shall either be returned to the Division or be applied against the Division ' s
<br /> obligation to pay the contract amount .
<br /> ( m ) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any
<br /> contractor who knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers , constituting a violation of the employment
<br /> provisions contained in 8 U . S . C . Section 1324a (e ) [ Section 274A( e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
<br /> ( " INA" ) ] . The Division shall consider the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of
<br /> Section 274A(e ) of the INA . Such violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in
<br /> Section 274A(e ) of the INA shall be grounds 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 . 0111
<br /> Fla . Stat . ) with respect to the meetings of the Recipient ' s governing board or the meetings of any
<br /> subcommittee making recommendations to the governing board . All of these meetings shall be publicly
<br /> noticed , open to the public , and the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records , available to the public
<br /> in accordance with Chapter 119 , Fla . Stat .
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