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City of La Porte - Police Department <br />STEP -2017 <br />certification set out below. <br />2. The inability of a person to provide the certification required below will not necessarily result <br />in denial of participation in this covered transaction. The prospective participant shall submit <br />an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification set out below. The certification or <br />explanation will be considered in connection with the department or agency's determination <br />whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective primary participant to <br />furnish a certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this <br />transaction. <br />3. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was <br />placed when the department or agency determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later <br />determined that the prospective primary participant knowingly rendered an erroneous <br />certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the <br />department or agency may terminate this transaction for cause or default. <br />4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate written notice to the department <br />or agency to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant <br />learns its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of <br />changed circumstances. <br />5. 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 meaning set out in the Definitions and <br />coverage sections of 49 CFR Part 29. You may contact the department or agency to which this <br />proposal is being submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations. <br />6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the <br />proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier <br />covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR Part 9, <br />subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from <br />participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency <br />entering into this transaction. <br />7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will <br />include the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and <br />Voluntary Exclusion -Lower Tier Covered Transaction," provided by the department or agency <br />entering into this covered transaction, without modification , in all lower tier covered <br />transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. <br />8. 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 proposed for debarment under 48 <br />CFR Part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the <br />covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may <br />decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each <br />participant may, but is not required to, check the list of Parties Excluded from Federal <br />Procurement and Non -procurement Programs. <br />2017-LaPorte-S-1YG-0037 Printed On: 9/20/2016 Page 14 of 36 <br />