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180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000, subpart C and must include a requirement to comply with these <br />regulations in any lower tier covered transaction it enters into. This certification is a material representation <br />of fact relied upon by COUNTY. If it is later determined that the CONSULTANT did not comply with 2 C.F.R. <br />pt. 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000, subpart C, in addition to remedies available to the State of Florida <br />and COUNTY, the Federal Government may pursue available remedies, including but not limited to <br />suspension and/or debarment. The bidder or proposer agrees to comply with the requirements of 2 C.F.R. <br />pt. 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000, subpart C while this offer is valid and throughout the period of any <br />contract that may arise from this offer. The bidder or proposer further agrees to include a provision <br />requiring such compliance in its lower tier covered transactions. <br />11.7 CONSULTANTs who apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more shall file the required certification <br />under the Byrd Anti -Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. § 1352 (as amended)). Each tier certifies to the tier <br />above that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for <br />influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer <br />or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal <br />contract, grant, or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Each tier shall also disclose any lobbying <br />with non -Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures are <br />forwarded from tier to tier up to the recipient. <br />11.8 In the performance of this contract, the CONSULTANT shall make maximum use of products <br />containing recovered materials that are EPA -designated items unless the product cannot be acquired: <br />(A) Competitively within a timeframe providing for compliance with the contract performance <br />schedule; <br />(B) Meeting contract performance requirements; or <br />(C) At a reasonable price. <br />(D) Information about this requirement is available at EPA's Comprehensive Procurement <br />Guidelines web site, http://www.epa.gov/cpg/. The list of EPA -designate items is available at: <br />http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products.htm. <br />11.10 The following access to records requirements apply to this contract: <br />(A) The CONSULTANT agrees to provide State of Florida, Indian River County, the FEMA <br />Administrator, the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their authorized representatives <br />access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the CONSULTANT which are directly pertinent to <br />this contract for the purposes of making audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions. <br />(B) The CONSULTANT agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any <br />means whatsoever or to copy excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed. <br />(C) The CONSULTANT agrees to provide the FEMA Administrator or his authorized <br />representatives access to construction or other work sites pertaining to the work being completed <br />under the contract. <br />11.11 The CONSULTANT shall not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of flags or <br />likenesses of DHS agency officials without specific FEMA pre -approval. <br />11.12. This is an acknowledgement that FEMA financial assistance may be used to fund the contract. The <br />CONSULTANT will comply will all applicable federal law, regulations, executive orders, FEMA policies, <br />procedures, and directives. <br />11.13 The Federal Government is not a party to this contract and is not subject to any obligations or <br />liabilities to the non -Federal entity, CONSULTANT, or any other party pertaining to any matter resulting from <br />the contract. <br />11 of 14 <br />