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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />f. Any Sub -Recipient which is not a local government or state agency, and which <br />receives funds under this Agreement from the Federal Government, certifies, to the best of its knowledge <br />and belief, that it and its principals: <br />Are presently not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared <br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency; <br />Have not, within a five (5) year period preceding this proposal been convicted <br />of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with <br />obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state or local) transaction or contract <br />under public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, <br />theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen <br />property; <br />iii. 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 />(22) f. ii. of this certification; and, <br />iv. Have not within a five (5) year period preceding this Agreement had one or <br />more public transactions (federal, state or local) terminated for cause or default. <br />g. If the Sub -Recipient is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, <br />then the Sub -Recipient shall attach an explanation to this Agreement. <br />h. In addition, the Sub -Recipient shall send to the Division (through Division of <br />Emergency Management Enterprise Solution (DEMES) platform or by email) the completed <br />"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion" <br />(Attachment G) for each intended subcontractor which Sub -Recipient plans to fund under this <br />Agreement. The form shall be received by the Division before the Sub -Recipient enters into a <br />contract with any subcontractor. <br />i. The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Sub - <br />Recipient refuses to allow public access to all documents, papers, letters or other material subject to the <br />provisions of chapter 119, Florida Statutes, which the Sub -Recipient created or received under this <br />Agreement. <br />j. If the Sub -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 <br />Division's obligation to pay the contract amount. <br />k. The State of Florida shall 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 <br />of Section 274A(e) of the INA. Such violation by the Sub -Recipient of the employment provisions <br />20 <br />