§ 2-582. Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transaction.  


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  • 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)