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i. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require the establishment of a <br />system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The <br />knowledge and information of the prospective participant is not required <br />to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of <br />business dealings. <br />j. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph (f) of these instructions, if a participant in <br />a covered transaction 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, in <br />addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may <br />terminate this transaction for cause or default. <br />2. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion <br />— First Tier Participants: <br />a. The prospective first tier participant certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, <br />that it and its principals: <br />1. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or <br />voluntarily excluded from participating in covered transactions by any Federal department <br />or agency; <br />2. Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a <br />civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in <br />connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State or <br />local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State <br />antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or <br />destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; <br />3. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a <br />governmental entity (Federal, State or local) with commission of any of the offenses <br />enumerated in paragraph a.2. of this certification; and <br />