Certification_Regarding_Lobbying.docx
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- Attached to
- Grease Trap Cleaning State and local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 24-JG-016
- Issued by
- Pinellas County, Florida
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The document is a Certification Regarding Lobbying form related to federal fund expenditures, specifically for the Pinellas County School District's Grease Trap Cleaning solicitation in Florida. The electronic bid solicitation requires sealed bids to be submitted via the District's e-Procurement Portal before 3:00 pm on Monday, November 4, 2024, with strict adherence to submission deadlines and no exceptions for technical difficulties.
The certification document outlines federal requirements for lobbying disclosure when entering contracts over $100,000, including prohibitions on using federal appropriated funds to influence government officials and mandating disclosure of any non-federal funds used for lobbying purposes. Bidders must complete this certification as a prerequisite for transaction participation, with potential civil penalties ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 for non-compliance. The specific procurement is for grease trap cleaning services, with bids to be submitted electronically through the district's designated procurement portal.
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CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING FOR EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS
LOBBYING
As required by 7 CFR Part 3018, for persons entering into a contract, grant or cooperative agreement over $100,000 involving the expenditure of Federal funds, the undersigned certifies for itself and its principals that:
(a) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the making of any Federal grant, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal grant or cooperative agreement;
(b) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress, in connection with this Federal grant or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,’ in accordance with its instructions; and
(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subgrants, contracts under grants and cooperative agreements, and subcontracts) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
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