CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education > PART 85—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) > SUBPART C—Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions (§85.300 to §85.365) > 85.335—What information must I provide before entering into a covered transaction with the Department of Education?

85.335—What information must I provide before entering into a covered transaction with the Department of Education?

Before you enter into a covered transaction at the primary tier, you as the participant must notify the ED office that is entering into the transaction with you, if you know that you or any of the principals for that covered transaction:
(a) Are presently excluded or disqualified;
(b) Have been convicted within the preceding three years of any of the offenses listed in § 85.800(a) or had a civil judgment rendered against you for one of those offenses within that time period;
(c) Are 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 § 85.800(a); or
(d) Have had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated within the preceding three years for cause or default.

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(Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235); 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474 ; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327_