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Attachment A Program Guidelines 1.The prospective primary participant certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, that its principals: a.Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded by any Federal department or agency; b.Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or acriminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State or local) transaction or contract under apublic transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of record, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; c.Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or Local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of this certification; and d.Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or default. 2.Where the prospective primary participant is unable to certify to any of the Statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal. Instructions for Lower Tier Certification Bysigningand submitting this proposal, the prospective lower tier participantis providing the certification set out below and agrees tocomply with the requirements of2 CFR Parts 180 and 1300. The certification inthis clause isa material representation offact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tierparticipant knowinglyrenderedan erroneous certification, inaddition to other remedies available to the Federal government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspensionand/or debarment. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice tothe person towhich this proposalissubmittedifatany time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changedcircumstances. Thetermscovered transaction, debarment, suspension, ineligible, lower tier, participant, person, primary tier, principal, and voluntarily excluded,as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definition and Coverage sections of 2CFR Part 180and 1300. You maycontact the person to whom this proposal is submitted for assistancein obtaining a copy of thoseregulations. Theprospective lower tier participant agreesbysubmitting this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enterinto any lowertiercoveredtransaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under48CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by NHTSA. Theprospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that itwillincludethe "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility andVoluntaryExclusion Lower Tier CoveredTransaction," withoutmodification, in alllowertier covered transactions and in all solicitationsfor lower tiercovered transactions and will require lower tier participants tocomply with 2 CFR Parts 180 and 1300.