TripMaster_by_CTS_Federal_Required_Certifications__Lobbying__Debarment__for_ODOT_ITB_003-24.pdf

Invitation No. 003-24

CERTIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING

I, , hereby certify (Name and title of official)

On behalf of that:

(Name of Bidder(s)/Company Name)

⮚ 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, and officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any federal contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

⮚ If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, and officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form – LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,” in accordance with its instructions.

⮚ The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all sub-awards at all tiers (including sub-contracts, subgrants and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub-recipients 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 31 U.S.C. § 1352 (as amended by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995). 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.

The undersigned certifies or affirms the truthfulness and accuracy of the contents of the statements submitted on or with this certification and understands that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Section 3801, et seq., are applicable thereto.

Executed this day of , 20 .

Signature of Authorized Official

Signature of Notary and SEAL

Derek Platow, Director of Business Development

Foxter Opco, LLC dba CTS Software

22nd June 23

CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION,

PROPOSED DEBARMENT, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

By signing and submitting this bid or proposal, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the signed certification set out below.

1. It will comply and facilitate compliance with U.S. DOT regulations, “Nonprocurement Suspension and

Debarment,” 2 CFR part 1200, which adopts and supplements the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (U.S.

OMB) “Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement),” 2 CFR part 180,

2. To the best of its knowledge and belief, that its Principals and Subrecipients at the first tier:

a. Are eligible to participate in covered transactions of any Federal department or agency and are not presently: debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, voluntarily excluded, or disqualified

b. Its management has not within a three-year period preceding its latest application or proposal been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against any of them for:

1. Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) transaction, or contract under a public transaction,

2. Violation of any Federal or State antitrust statute, or

3. Proposed for debarment commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making any false statement, or receiving stolen property

c. It is 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 listed in the preceding subsection 2.b of this Certification,

d. It has not had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or default within a three-year period preceding this Certification,

e. If, at a later time, it receives any information that contradicts the statements of subsections 2.a – 2.d above, it will promptly provide that information to FTA,

f. It will treat each lower tier contract or lower tier subcontract under its Project as a covered lower tier contract for purposes of 2 CFR part 1200 and 2 CFR part 180 if it:

1. Equals or exceeds $25,000,

2. Is for audit services, or

3. Requires the consent of a Federal official, and

g. It will require that each covered lower tier contractor and subcontractor:

1. Comply and facilitate compliance with the Federal requirements of 2 CFR parts 180 and 1200, and

2. Assure that each lower tier participant in its Project is not presently declared by any Federal department or agency to be:

a. Debarred from participation in its federally funded Project,

b. Suspended from participation in its federally funded Project,

c. Proposed for debarment from participation in its federally funded Project,

d. Declared ineligible to participate in its federally funded Project,

e. Voluntarily excluded from participation in its federally funded Project, or

f. Disqualified from participation in its federally funded Project, and

3. It will provide a written explanation as indicated on a page attached in FTA’s TrAMSWeb or the Signature Page if it or any of its principals, including any of its first tier Subrecipients or its Third-Party Participants at a lower tier, is unable to certify compliance with the preceding statements in this Certification Group.

certifies or affirms the truthfulness and accuracy

(Company) of the contents of the statements submitted on or with this certification and understands that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Section 3801 ET SEQ. are applicable thereto.

Signature of Authorized Official

Title

Date

Foxster Opco, LLC dba CTS Software

Director of Business Development

June 22nd, 2023