Sec. 1-101nn. Solicitation of information not available to other bidders from public official or state employee by contract bidder or contractor. Charging agency for work not performed. Information co
Sec. 1-101nn. Solicitation of information not available to other bidders from
public official or state employee by contract bidder or contractor. Charging agency
for work not performed. Information concerning donation of goods and services
to state or quasi-public agencies. Prohibition re consultant to agency serving as
consultant to bidder. Nonresponsible bidder. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes, no person who (1) is, or is seeking to be, prequalified under section
4a-100, (2) is a party to a large state construction or procurement contract or seeking
to enter into such a contract with a state agency, board, commission or institution or a
quasi-public agency, or (3) is a party to a consultant services contract or seeking to enter
into such a contract with a state agency, board, commission or institution or a quasi-public agency, shall:
(A) With the intent to obtain a competitive advantage over other bidders, solicit
any information from a public official or state employee that the contractor knows is
not and will not be available to other bidders for a large state construction or procurement
contract that the contractor is seeking;
(B) Intentionally, wilfully or with reckless disregard for the truth, charge a state
agency, board, commission or institution or quasi-public agency for work not performed
or goods not provided, including submitting meritless change orders in bad faith with
the sole intention of increasing the contract price without authorization and, falsifying
invoices or bills or charging unreasonable and unsubstantiated rates for services or unreasonable and unsubstantiated prices for goods to a state agency, board, commission
or institution or quasi-public agency;
(C) Intentionally or wilfully violate or attempt to circumvent state competitive bidding and ethics laws; or
(D) With the intent to unduly influence the award of a state contract, provide or
direct another person to provide information concerning the donation of goods and
services to a state agency or quasi-public agency, to the procurement staff of any state
agency or quasi-public agency or a member of a bid selection committee.
(b) No person with whom a state agency, board, commission or institution or quasi-public agency has contracted to provide consulting services to plan specifications for any
contract and no business with which the person is associated may serve as a consultant to
any person seeking to obtain such contract, serve as a contractor for such contract or
serve as a subcontractor or consultant to the person awarded such contract.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section may be deemed a nonresponsible bidder by a state agency, board, commission or institution or quasi-public
agency.
(P.A. 05-287, S. 33; P.A. 07-1, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 05-287 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-1 added Subsec. (a)(D) re donation of goods and services, effective
February 8, 2007.