Common use of Vendor Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form Clause in Contracts

Vendor Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form. By execution of this Amended Addendum, Consultant represents and warrants that the certifications set forth in certificates 1 2,3, 4,5 and 6 shall remain true at all times during the existence of this Amended Addendum and the Agreement and shall immediately notify the District in the event Consultant becomes subject to debarment, suspension, ineligibility, or voluntarily excludes itself from federal programs; or, becomes barred from participation in public contracts due to a violation of the bid-rigging or bid-rotating statutes of the State of Illinois, or in the event an employee of Consultant becomes ineligible to be present on District grounds. Consultant further certifies by execution of this Amended Addendum that it shall comply with the Pilot Program for Enhancement of Employee Whistleblower Protection applicable to contractors under federal grant funded programs as specified in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239, enacted January 2, 2013). Consultant shall comply with the following requirements of such Act if providing services funded by federal grants: 1. Inform its employees working on the Projects they are subject to the whistleblower rights and remedies of the pilot program; 2. Inform its employees in writing of employee whistleblower protections under 41 U.S.C. §4712 in the predominantly native language of the workforce; and 3. Include such requirements in and agreements made with a subcontractor. Whistleblower rights include that an employee of Consultant may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for “Whistleblowing”; and such rights cannot be waived by agreement, policy, form or condition of employment. Whistleblowing is defined as making a disclosure to an authorized person or entity that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of: 1. Gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant; 2. A gross waste of federal funds; 3. An abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or grant; 4. A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or 5. A violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract or grant (including competition for, or negotiation of, a contract or grant).

Vendor Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form. By execution of this Amended Addendum, Consultant Engineer represents and warrants that the certifications set forth in certificates 1 2,3, 4,5 and 6 shall remain true at all times during the existence of this Amended Addendum and the Agreement and shall immediately notify the District in the event Consultant Engineer becomes subject to debarment, suspension, ineligibility, or voluntarily excludes itself from federal programs; or, becomes barred from participation in public contracts due to a violation of the bid-rigging or bid-rotating statutes of the State of Illinois, or in the event an employee of Consultant Engineer becomes ineligible to be present on District grounds. Consultant Engineer further certifies by execution of this Amended Addendum that it shall comply with the Pilot Program for Enhancement of Employee Whistleblower Protection applicable to contractors under federal grant funded programs as specified in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239, enacted January 2, 2013). Consultant Engineer shall comply with the following requirements of such Act if providing services funded by federal grants: 1. Inform its employees working on the Projects they are subject to the whistleblower rights and remedies of the pilot program; 2. Inform its employees in writing of employee whistleblower protections under 41 U.S.C. §4712 in the predominantly native language of the workforce; and 3. Include such requirements in and agreements made with a subcontractor. Whistleblower rights include that an employee of Consultant Engineer may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for “Whistleblowing”; and such rights cannot be waived by agreement, policy, form or condition of employment. Whistleblowing is defined as making a disclosure to an authorized person or entity that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of: 1. Gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant; 2. A gross waste of federal funds; 3. An abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or grant; 4. A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or 5. A violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract or grant (including competition for, or negotiation of, a contract or grant).. DRAFT