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33't' The certification in this section is a material representation of fact upon which reliance <br />was placed when thil transaction was entered into. lf it is lster determined that the lower tier <br />particlpant knowingly rendered an erroneou: certification, in addition to other rernedies <br />available to the federal governrnent, the department or age ncy with which this transaction <br />criginated may pursue available remedies, including suspension andlor debarment. <br />33.3. The lswer tier participant shall provlde immediate written notice to the WTSC if at any <br />tirne the lower tier participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or <br />has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. <br />33,4. Ihe terms covered transaction, debarment, suspension, ineligible, lower tier. participant, <br />person, primary tier, principal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause, have the <br />meanings set out in the Definitions and covered Transactions sections of 2 cFR part 1g0. <br />33.5' The lower tier participant agrees by signing this Agreement that it shall not knowingly <br />enter into any lower tier covered transactlon with a person who is proposed for debarment <br />under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily <br />excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by Nl-lTSA. <br />33.6. The lower tier participant further agrees by signing this Agreernent that it will include the <br />clause titled "lnstructions for LowerTier Certification" including the "Certification Regarding <br />Debarment, Suspension, lneligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transaction,,, <br />without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier <br />covered transactions, and will require lower tier participants to comply with 2 CFR part 1g0 and <br />23 CFR part 1300. <br />33.7' A participant in a covered transaction rnay rely upon a certification of a prospective <br />participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not proposed for debarrnent under 4g <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 frorn Federal <br />Procurement and Non-procurement programs. <br />33.8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishnnent of a <br />system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The <br />knowledge and inforrnation of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally <br />possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. <br />33'9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 35.5, of these instructions, if a <br />participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with <br />a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 cFR part g, subpart g.4, suspended, <br />debarred, ineligibfe, or vsluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, the <br />department or agency with which this transaction originated may disallow costs, annul or