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Contract#68-2001 <br /> Northen Blue,L.L.P. <br /> ATTACHMENT H <br /> CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY <br /> AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION-LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS <br /> Orange County Department of Social Services <br /> Instructions for Certification <br /> 1. By signing and submitting this proposal,the prospective lower tier participant is <br /> providing the certification set out below. <br /> 2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of the fact upon which <br /> reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that <br /> the prospective lower tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in <br /> addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government,the department or <br /> agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including <br /> suspension and/or debarment. <br /> 3. The prospective lower tier participant will provide immediate written notice to the <br /> person to which the proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier <br /> participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become <br /> erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br /> 4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier <br /> covered transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," <br /> "proposal," and "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out <br /> in the Definitions and Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. <br /> You may contact the person to which this proposal is submitted for assistance in <br /> obtaining a copy of those regulations. <br /> 5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should <br /> the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter any lower <br /> tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, determined ineligible <br /> or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction unless authorized <br /> by the department or agency with which this transaction originated. <br /> 6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that <br /> it will include this clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, <br /> Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion- Lower Tier Covered Transaction," without <br /> modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier <br /> covered transactions. <br /> 7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective <br /> participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, <br /> ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transaction,unless it knows that the <br /> certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency of which <br /> it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may, but is not required to, <br /> check the Nonprocurement List. <br /> Federal Certification-Debarment(06/04) Page 1 of 2 <br />