Common use of Consequences of conflicts of interest Clause in Contracts

Consequences of conflicts of interest. a) If a conflict of interest is reported by the Evaluator or established by the Contracting Party, the Evaluator must not evaluate the proposal concerned and shall immediately inform formally the Contracting Party about the situation. b) If a conflict becomes apparent at any stage of the evaluation, the Evaluator must immediately inform the Contracting Party. If a conflict is confirmed, the Evaluator must stop evaluating the proposal concerned. Any comments and scores already given by the Evaluator will be discounted. If necessary in order to assure the independence of the evaluation, the Evaluator will be replaced. If it is revealed during an evaluation that an Evaluator has knowingly concealed a conflict of interest, the Evaluator will be immediately excluded, and sanctions will apply (Article 10).

Consequences of conflicts of interest. a) If a conflict of interest is reported by the Evaluator or established by the Contracting Party, the Evaluator must not evaluate the proposal concerned and shall immediately inform formally the Contracting Party about the situation. b) If a conflict becomes apparent at any stage of the evaluation, the Evaluator must immediately inform the Contracting Party. If a conflict is confirmed, the Evaluator must stop evaluating the proposal concerned. Any comments and scores already given by the Evaluator will be discounted. If necessary in order to assure the independence of the evaluation, the Evaluator will be replaced. If it is revealed during an evaluation that an Evaluator has knowingly concealed a conflict of interest, the Evaluator will be immediately excluded, and sanctions will apply (Article 1011).