Newport News |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION |
Article XX. OFFICE OF PURCHASING |
Division 6. ETHICS IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING |
§ 2-582. Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transaction.
Except as may be specifically allowed by of § 2.2-3112, subdivisions A2 and A3, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, no city employee having official responsibility for a procurement transaction shall participate in that transaction on behalf of the city when the employee knows that:
(1)
The employee is contemporaneously employed by a bidder, offeror or contractor involved in the procurement transaction; or
(2)
The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family holds a position with a bidder, offeror or contractor such as an officer, director, trustee, partner or the like, or is employed in a capacity involving personal and substantial participation in the procurement transaction, or owns or controls an interest of more than five (5) percent; or
(3)
The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family has a pecuniary interest arising from the procurement transaction; or
(4)
The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family is negotiating, or has an arrangement concerning, prospective employment with a bidder, offeror or contractor.
(Ord. No. 3910-89; Ord. No. 5046-97, § 1; Ord. No. 5805-02; Ord. No. 7036-14, § 1)
(Ord. No. 3910-89; Ord. No. 5046-97, § 1; Ord. No. 5805-02; Ord. No. 7036-14, § 1)