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5. CERTIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION
a. By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies, and in the case of a joint offer, each
party thereto certifies as to its own organization, that in connection with this
procurement:
i. The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for
the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication,
or agreement with any other offeror or with any other competitor;
ii. Unless otherwise required by law, the prices that are quoted in this offer
have not been knowingly disclosed by the offeror and will not be
knowingly disclosed by the offeror prior to award (in the case of a
negotiated procurement), directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or to
any competitor; and
iii. No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any
other person or firm to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose
of restricting competition.
b. Each person signing this offer certifies that:
i. He or she is the person in the offeror's organization responsible for the
decision regarding the prices being offered herein and that he/she has
not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to 1) a)
through 1) c) above; or
ii. He or she is not the person in the offeror's organization responsible for
the decision regarding the prices being offered herein, but that he/she
has been authorized in writing to act as agent for the persons
responsible for such decision in certifying that such persons have not
participated; and will not participate, in any action contrary to 1) a)
through 1) c) above, or and as their agent he or she does hereby so
certify.
6. NONDISCRIMINATION ASSURANCE
a. By submission of this offer, the offeror certifies, and in the case of a joint offer,
each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, in connection with this
procurement, that it will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual preference and/or gender identity in the