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Minnesota Department of Transportation EEO Special Provisions <br />Office of Civil Rights 07/12 <br />REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISIONS (cont.) <br />debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared <br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participating in covered <br />transactions by any Federal department or agency. <br />2. Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to <br />certify to any of the statements in this certification, such <br />prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this <br />proposal. <br />XI. CERTIFICATION REGARDING USE OF CONTRACT <br />FUNDS FOR LOBBYING <br />This provision is applicable to all Federal -aid construction <br />contracts and to all related subcontracts which exceed $100,000 <br />(49 CFR 20). <br />1. The prospective participant certifies, by signing and <br />submitting this bid or proposal, to the best of his or her <br />knowledge and belief, that: <br />a. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be <br />paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for <br />influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of <br />any Federal agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or <br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress <br />in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the <br />making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the <br />entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, <br />continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any <br />Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. <br />b. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have <br />been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or <br />attempting to influence an officer or employee of any Federal <br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of <br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br />connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative <br />agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard <br />Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in <br />accordance with its instructions. <br />2. This certification is a material representation of fact upon <br />which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or <br />entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for <br />making or entering into this transaction imposed by 31 U.S.C. <br />1352. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall <br />be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not <br />more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />3. The prospective participant also agrees by submitting its bid <br />or proposal that the participant shall require that the language of <br />this certification be included in all lower tier subcontracts, which <br />exceed $100,000 and that all such recipients shall certify and <br />disclose accordingly. <br />ATTACHMENT A - EMPLOYMENT AND MATERIALS <br />PREFERENCE FOR APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT <br />HIGHWAY SYSTEM OR APPALACHIAN LOCAL ACCESS <br />ROAD CONTRACTS <br />This provision is applicable to all Federal -aid projects funded <br />under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. <br />1. During the performance of this contract, the contractor <br />undertaking to do work which is, or reasonably may be, done as <br />on -site work, shall give preference to qualified persons who <br />regularly reside in the labor area as designated by the DOL <br />wherein the contract work is situated, or the subregion, or the <br />Appalachian counties of the State wherein the contract work is <br />situated, except: <br />a. To the extent that qualified persons regularly residing in the <br />area are not available. <br />b. For the reasonable needs of the contractor to employ <br />supervisory or specially experienced personnel necessary to <br />assure an efficient execution of the contract work. <br />c. For the obligation of the contractor to offer employment to <br />present or former employees as the result of a lawful collective <br />bargaining contract, provided that the number of nonresident <br />persons employed under this subparagraph (1c) shall not exceed <br />20 percent of the total number of employees employed by the <br />contractor on the contract work, except as provided in <br />subparagraph (4) below. <br />2. The contractor shall place a job order with the State <br />Employment Service indicating (a) the classifications of the <br />laborers, mechanics and other employees required to perform the <br />contract work, (b) the number of employees required in each <br />classification, (c) the date on which the participant estimates such <br />employees will be required, and (d) any other pertinent <br />information required by the State Employment Service to <br />complete the job order form. The job order may be placed with <br />the State Employment Service in writing or by telephone. If <br />during the course of the contract work, the information submitted <br />by the contractor in the original job order is substantially <br />modified, the participant shall promptly notify the State <br />Employment Service. <br />3. The contractor shall give full consideration to all qualified <br />job applicants referred to him by the State Employment Service. <br />The contractor is not required to grant employment to any job <br />applicants who, in his opinion, are not qualified to perform the <br />classification of work required. <br />4. If, within one week following the placing of a job order by <br />the contractor with the State Employment Service, the State <br />Employment Service is unable to refer any qualified job <br />applicants to the contractor, or less than the number requested, <br />the State Employment Service will forward a certificate to the <br />contractor indicating the unavailability of applicants. Such <br />certificate shall be made a part of the contractor's permanent <br />project records. Upon receipt of this certificate, the contractor <br />may employ persons who do not normally reside in the labor area <br />to fill positions covered by the certificate, notwithstanding the <br />provisions of subparagraph (1c) above. <br />5. The provisions of 23 CFR 633.207(e) allow the <br />contracting agency to provide a contractual preference for the use <br />of mineral resource materials native to the Appalachian region. <br />EEO Page 38 <br />