Sec. 2-71r. Disqualification from bidding on contracts. Suspension.
Sec. 2-71r. Disqualification from bidding on contracts. Suspension. (a) The
Joint Committee on Legislative Management may disqualify any person, firm or corporation, for up to two years, from bidding on contracts with the Legislative Department,
pursuant to section 2-71p, for supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services
required by the Legislative Department, for one or more causes set forth under subsection
(c) of this section. The committee shall provide notice and an opportunity to be heard
to the person, firm or corporation which is the subject of the proceeding. The committee
shall issue a written decision within ninety days of the last date of such hearing and
state in the decision the reasons for the action taken and, if the person, firm or corporation
is being disqualified, the period of such disqualification. The committee shall send the
decision to such person, firm or corporation by certified mail, return receipt requested.
The written decision shall be a final decision for the purposes of sections 4-180 and
4-183.
(b) Before initiating such a proceeding or during the proceeding, the committee
may suspend the person, firm or corporation from being considered for the awarding
of such a contract for such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, if the
committee determines that there is probable cause for disqualification under subsection
(a) of this section. No such suspension shall exceed three months. The committee may
suspend such a person, firm or corporation only by issuing a written decision setting
forth the reasons for, and the period of, the suspension. The committee shall send the
decision to such person, firm or corporation by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(c) Causes for disqualification or suspension from bidding on contracts shall include
the following:
(1) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty for commission of a criminal offense as an
incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or
in the performance of such contract or subcontract;
(2) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty under state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen
property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty
which affects responsibility as a state contractor;
(3) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty under state or federal antitrust, collusion
or conspiracy statutes arising out of the submission of bids or proposals;
(4) Noncompliance with contract provisions, of a character regarded by the committee to be of such gravity as to indicate a lack of responsibility to perform as a state
contractor, including deliberate failure, without good cause, to perform in accordance
with specifications or time limits provided in a contract;
(5) A recent record of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance in accordance with the terms of one or more contracts, unless such failure to perform or unsatisfactory performance was caused by acts beyond the control of the contractor or supplier; or
(6) Any other cause the committee determines to be so serious or compelling as to
affect responsibility as a state contractor, including disqualification by another governmental entity, having caused financial loss to the state or having caused a serious delay
or inability of state officials to carry out their duties on a past contract or contracts.
(P.A. 88-297, S. 10.)
Cited. 224 C. 29.