§ 21-276. Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transaction.

Except as may be specifically allowed by Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3112(A)(2)—(4), no public 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;

(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 percent;

(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.

(Code 1993, § 22.1-153; Code 2004, § 74-343)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 2.2-4369.

(Code 1993, § 22.1-153; Code 2004, § 74-343)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 2.2-4369.