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23 <br /> Contract#68-2005 <br /> Arcadia Health Services,Inc. <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 providing <br /> the certification set out below. <br /> 2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of the fact upon which reliance <br /> was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective <br /> lower tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification,in addition to other <br /> remedies available to the Federal Government,the department or agency with which this <br /> transaction originated may pursue available remedies,including suspension and/or debarment. <br /> 3. The prospective lower tier participant will provide immediate written notice to the person to <br /> which the proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its <br /> certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed <br /> circumstances. <br /> 4. The terms"covered transaction,""debarred,""suspended,""ineligible," "lower tier covered <br /> transaction,""participant,""person,""primary covered transaction,""principal," "proposal,"and <br /> "voluntarily excluded,"as used in this clause,have the meanings set out in the Definitions and <br /> Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the person to <br /> which this proposal is submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations. <br /> 5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that,should the <br /> proposed covered transaction be entered into,it shall not knowingly enter any lower tier covered <br /> transaction with a person who is debarred,suspended,determined ineligible or voluntarily <br /> excluded from participation in this covered transaction unless authorized by the department or <br /> agency with which this transaction originated. <br /> 6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will <br /> include this clause titled"Certification Regarding Debarment,Suspension,Ineligibility and <br /> Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,"without modification,in all lower tier <br /> covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier 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,ineligible,or <br /> voluntarily excluded from covered transaction,unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. <br /> A participant may decide the method and frequency of which it determines the eligibility of its <br /> principals. Each participant may,but is not required to,check the Nonprocurement List. <br /> 8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of <br /> records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge <br /> and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a <br /> prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. <br /> Federal Certification-Debarment(07/08) Page 1 of 2 <br />