FEDERAL PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY ACT

Subsection 27(d)(7)(A) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 41 U.S.C. 423 (hereinafter the Act), and Sections 3.104-1 through 3.104-9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), require certification that individuals who particiapte in the preparation and/or submission of bids and/or offers for which the undersigned has participated or will participate in personally and substantially declare that they are familiar with and will comply with the requirements of subsection 27(a) of the Act and FAR 3.104-3 as follows:

During the course of any federal agency procurement of property or services, I understand that I am prohibited from knowingly:

(1) making, directly or indirectly, any offer or promise of future employment or business opportunity to, or engaging, directly or indirectly, in any discussion of future employment or business opportunity with any procurement official of such agency;

(2) offering, giving, or promising to offer or give, directly or indirectly, any money, gratuity, or other thing of value to any procurement official of such agency; or

(3) soliciting or obtaining, directly or indirectly, from any officer or employee of such agency, prior to the award of a contract, any proprietary or source selection information regarding such procurement; and that

(4) I will report immediately to the officer or employee of Stephen F. Austin State University responsible for the offer or bid for any contract or the modification of such contract, as the case may be, any information concerning a violation or possible violation of subsections 27(a), (b), (c), or (e) of the Act (see FAR 3.104-3), as implemented in the FAR.