In order to ensure objective contractor performance and eliminate unfair competitive advantage, any employee who has a financial or other personal interest in a procurement or who may have a member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner, or an organization which employs or contracts with or is about to employ or contract with any member of his or her immediate family who has a financial or other personal interest in the procurement shall not be allowed to develop or draft specifications, scopes of work, requirements, statements of work, invitations for bids and/or requests for proposals or participate in the selection or contract award process. Prior to an employee participating in any stage of the procurement process including, but not limited to, the development of specifications, scope of work, or answering bidders conference questions shall be required to sign a Staff Conflict of Interest/Non-Disclosure Statement (see attached) and recuse themselves in the event an actual or apparent conflict of interest may exist.
No information obtained in reviewing proposal/quotes under this solicitation shall be communicated to anyone not also participating in this review. Specifically, you will not disclose the number of respondents to the solicitation, the names of individuals or organizations that respond, nor will you disclose any information from technical or cost/pricing submissions of these offers except to other reviewers officially assigned to this solicitation. If anyone outside the official review chain seeks information about the procurement, you will not supply any information, but will refer him or her to the CareerSource, President/CEO for action consistent with the Florida Public Records Act (Florida Statute 119) and the Federal Freedom of Information Act.
By signing below I certify that I have read the above regarding conflict of interest and nondisclosure of information.
I acknowledge and understand that solicitations and preparation of the scope of work are part of the
procurement selection process and that facilitating vendor payments (approving check requests and
check signing) is also part of the administration process of a contract.
I do not have any conflict of interest, personal or organizational, real or apparent, in participating in
this procurement. If, during the course of the above solicitation, I become aware of an actual or possible conflict of interest, I will notify the CareerSource, President/CEO immediately and seek advice on whether to withdraw from the procurement.
