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co~~xrro.1616 <br />~~, ORAN GE <br />DEBARMENT CERTIFICATION <br />Conditions for certification: <br />Rev. 7-12-10 <br />1. The prequalified bidder shall provide immediate written notice to the Department if at any <br />time the bidder learns that his certification was erroneous when he submitted his debarment <br />certification or explanation filed with the Department, or has become erroneous because of <br />changed circumstances. <br />2. 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 provision, have the meanings set out in the Definitions <br />and Coverage sections of the rules implementing Executive Order 12549. A copy of the <br />Federal Rules requiring this certification and detailing the definitions and coverages may be <br />obtained from the Contract Officer of the Department. <br />3. The prequalified bidder agrees by submitting this form, that he will not knowingly enter into <br />any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared <br />ineligible, or vohmtarily excluded from participation in NCDOT contracts, unless authorized <br />by the Department. <br />4. For Federal Aid projects, the prequalified bidder further agrees that by submitting this form <br />he will include the Federal-Aid Provision titled Required Contract Provisions Federal Aid <br />Construction Contract (Form FHWA PR 1273) provided by the Department, without <br />subsequent modification, in all lower tier covered transactions. <br />5. The prequalified bidder may rely upon a certification of a participant in a lower tier covered <br />transaction that he is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or vohmtarily excluded from the <br />covered transaction, unless he knows that the certification is erroneous. The bidder may <br />decide the method and frequency by which he will determine the eligibility of his <br />subcontractors. <br />6. 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 provision. The <br />knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally <br />possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. <br />7. Except as authorized in paragraph 6 herein, the Department may terminate any contract if the <br />bidder knowingly enters into. a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is <br />suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, <br />in addition to other remedies available by the Federal Government. <br />