Attention Consultant Community:
Effective August 1, 2024, Consultant Contract Services (CCS) shall replace one (1) Project Evaluation Team member from each team with the Project Manager for each advertisement. Going forward, there will only be four (4) standing team members for each team and the Project Manager will be rotated into the evaluation for their own advertisement.
In addition, CCS is no longer required to sit in on discussions that are being held between the Consultant and the Project Manager for upcoming projects on the Projected Advertisement website.
Please see that the Supplemental Ethics Requirements article has been slightly revised, see item #2.
ARTICLE XXXIII
SUPPLEMENTAL ETHICS REQUIREMENTS (August 2024)
Consultant warrants that, to the best of its knowledge, it, its employees, or agents have not, and for the duration of this contract will not, do any of the following:
1. Provide any food, drink, admission, accommodation, travel or gift, regardless of value, to any member of a DOTD project evaluation team (PET), unless specifically authorized in writing in advance by the DOTD Chief Engineer.
2. Have any contact with a member of a DOTD PET relating to current advertisements other than through official DOTD CCS procedures. Ordinary business interactions between PET members and consultants regarding other projects (e.g., projects currently under contract or projects on the projected advertisement list), when carried out during normal working hours and in the workplace, are not a violation of this policy.
Consultant further warrants that it will immediately notify the DOTD CCS Administrator, in writing, upon becoming aware of any intentional or unintentional violation of this policy, any ethics violation, or any action of a DOTD employee outside the course and scope of his/her job duties that impacts the business interests of Consultant.
The requirements of this Article shall be physically included in all subcontracts entered into by Consultant.
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