CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION INSTRUCTIONS. By signing and submitting this form, the prospective primary participant is providing the certification set out below.
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION INSTRUCTIONS. By signing and submitting this form, the prospective primary participant is providing the certification set out below. The inability of a person to provide the certification required below will not necessarily result in denial of participation in this covered transaction. The prospective participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification set out below. The certification or explanation will be considered in connection with the Department or agency's determination whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective primary participant to furnish a certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this transaction. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when the Department or agency determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later determined that the prospective primary participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the Department or agency may terminate this transaction for cause or default. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate written notice to the Department or agency to which this certification is submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the Department or agency to which this certification is being submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this certification that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 2 CFR Part 180, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the Department or agency entering into this transaction. The prospective primary participant further agrees by submitting this certification that it will inc...
