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PART 3. CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT <br />Instructions for Certification <br />1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the <br />certification set out below. <br />2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when <br />this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tier participant <br />knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal <br />Government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available <br />remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. <br />3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the person to which this <br />proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its certification was <br />erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br />4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered transaction," <br />"participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," and "voluntarily excluded," <br />as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of rules <br />implementing Executive Order 12549. <br />5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed <br />covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction <br />with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation <br />in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency with which this transaction <br />originated. <br />6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the <br />clause title "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion -Lower <br />Tier Covered Transactions," without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all <br />solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. <br />7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower <br />tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the <br />covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the <br />method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may check <br />the Non -procurement List. <br />8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in <br />order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge and information of <br />a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the <br />ordinary course of business dealings. <br />9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph (5) of these instructions, if a participant in a covered <br />transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is suspended, <br />debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other <br />remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency with which the transaction <br />originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. <br />Page 14 212 <br />