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and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any
<br /> Federal contract,grant,loan, or cooperative,agreement.
<br /> 2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to
<br /> any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
<br /> agency, a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant,loan,
<br /> or cooperative agreement,the Contractor shall complete and submit Standard Form-
<br /> LLL, 'Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions.
<br /> 3) The Contractor shall require that the language of this certification be included in the
<br /> award documents for all sub-awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, sub-grants
<br /> and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub-
<br /> recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br /> 4) The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier
<br /> covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," and "voluntarily excluded," as used in
<br /> this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of
<br /> rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the LA for assistance
<br /> in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
<br /> 5) The Contractor agrees by signing this Contract Document that, should the proposed
<br /> covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier
<br /> covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible or
<br /> voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction,unless authorized
<br /> by the DOL.
<br /> 6) The Contractor further agrees by signing this Contract Document that it will include
<br /> the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
<br /> Voluntary Exclusion" Lower Tier Covered Transaction,"without modification,in all
<br /> lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered
<br /> 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 is not debarred, suspended,
<br /> ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction,unless it knows that
<br /> the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency
<br /> by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may but is
<br /> not required to check the List of Parties Excluded from Procurement Non-
<br /> procurement Programs.
<br /> 8) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a
<br /> system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this
<br /> clause. The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed
<br /> that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of
<br /> business dealings.
<br /> 9) Except for transactions authorized under paragraph(5) of this section,if a participant
<br /> in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a
<br /> person who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntary excluded from
<br /> participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal
<br /> Government, the DOL may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or
<br /> debarment.
<br /> Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board
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