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FFY18 Fire Management Assistance Grant Agreement Page 8 of 22 Kittitas, County of, D19-1004
<br />The SUBRECIPIENT must comply with the ADA, which provides comprehensive civil rights protection
<br />to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, public accommodations, state and local
<br />government services, and telecommunication.
<br />A.5.APPLICATION REPRESENTATION-MISREPRESENTATION, INACCURACY AND BREACH
<br />The DEPARTMENT relies upon the SUBRECIPIENT's application in making its determinations as to eligibility for, selection for, and scope of funding grants. Any misrepresentation, error or inaccuracy in any part of the application may be deemed a breach of this Agreement.
<br />A.6. ASSURANCES
<br />The DEPARTMENT and SUBRECIPIENT agree that all activity pursuant to this Agreement will be
<br />conducted in accordance with all the applicable current federal, state and local laws, rules and
<br />regulations. In addition, as a subrecipient of FEMA funding, the SUBRECIPIENT shall comply with all
<br />applicable DHS terms and conditions as specified in Appendix I of the Washington State Fire
<br />Management Assistance Grant 2018 Applicant Manual (Attachment 4) incorporated in this
<br />Agreement as Attachment 4.
<br />A.7.CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, OR INELIGIBILITY
<br />As federal funds are the basis for this Agreement, the SUBRECIPIENT certifies that the
<br />SUBRECIPIENT is not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible,
<br />or voluntarily excluded from participating in this Grant Agreement by any federal department or
<br />agency. The SUBRECIPIENT shall complete, sign, and return a Certification Regarding Debarment,
<br />Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion form located at http://mil.wa.gov/emergency-
<br />management-division/grants/requiredgrantforms. Any such form completed by the SUBRECIPIENT
<br />for this Agreement shall be incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
<br />Further, the SUBRECIPIENT agrees to comply with all applicable federal regulations concerning the
<br />federal debarment and suspension system, including 2 CFR Part 180. The SUBRECIPIENT certifies
<br />that it will ensure that potential subcontractors or subrecipients or any of their principals are not
<br />debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
<br />participation in “covered transactions” by any federal department or agency. “Covered transactions”
<br />include procurement contracts for goods or services awarded under a non-procurement transaction
<br />(e.g. grant or cooperative agreement) that are expected to equal or exceed $25,000, and sub-awards
<br />to subrecipients for any amount. With respect to covered transactions, the SUBRECIPIENT may
<br />comply with this provision by obtaining a certification statement from the potential subcontractor or
<br />subrecipient or by checking the System for Award Management (http://www.sam.gov) maintained by the
<br />federal government. The SUBRECIPIENT also agrees not to enter into any agreements or contracts to perform
<br />Public Works projects with any party on the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries’ “Debarred
<br />Contractor List” (http://www.lni.wa.gov/TradesLicensing/PrevWage/Awarding Agencies/DebarredContractors/).
<br />The SUBRECIPIENT also agrees not to enter into any agreements or contracts for the purchase of goods and
<br />services with any party on the Department of Enterprise Services’ Debarred Vendor List
<br />(http://www.des.wa.gov/services/ContractingPurchasing/Business/Pages/Vendor-Debarment.aspx).
<br />A.8.CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING
<br />As required by 44 CFR Part 18, the SUBRECIPIENT hereby certifies that to the best of their knowledge
<br />and belief: (1) no federally appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid by or on behalf of the
<br />SUBRECIPIENT to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an
<br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
<br />Congress in connection with the awarding of any federal contract, the making of any federal grant, the
<br />making of any federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,
<br />continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
<br />agreement; (2) that if any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid
<br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
<br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress
<br />in connection with this Agreement, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the SUBRECIPIENT will
<br />complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,” in accordance with
<br />its instructions; (3) and that, as applicable, the SUBRECIPIENT will require that the language of this
<br />certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including sub-contracts,
<br />sub-grants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub-
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