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Subpart 1503.1 - Safeguards    **Parent topic:**  PART 1503 - IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST1503.101-370 Financial conflicts of interest and loss of impartiality.       (a) Each EPA employee (including special government employees as defined by 18 U.S.C. 202 and 1503.600-71(b)) engaged in source evaluation and selection is required to abide by and be familiar with the conflict of interest statutes codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, as well as the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, 5 CFR part 2635.          (b) Pursuant to the financial conflict of interest statute, 18 U.S.C. 208 and 5 CFR part 2635, subparts D and E, each employee must abide by ethics requirements regarding financial conflict of interest and impartiality in performing official duties. The employee shall inform his or her Deputy Ethics Official and the Source Selection Authority (SSA) in writing if his/her participation in the source evaluation and selection process may raise possible or apparent conflict of interest or impartiality concerns. The employee must cease work on the source evaluation and selection process until the appropriate ethics official makes a determination. Please note that only the Office of General Counsel can direct employees to divest of financial interests or to recommend any waivers of the financial conflict of interest standards.1503.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.       (a)          (1)  			The Chief of the Contracting Office (CCO) is the designated official to make the decision whether support contractors are used in proposal evaluation (as authorized at FAR 15.305(c) and restricted at FAR 37.203(d)).          (2) The following written certification and agreement shall be obtained from non-Government evaluator prior to the release of any proposal to that evaluator:          “Certification on the Use and Disclosure of Proposals”                                  RFP #:                                  Offeror:                                  1. I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, no conflict of interest exists that may diminish my capacity to perform an impartial, technically sound, objective review of this proposal(s) or otherwise result in a biased opinion or unfair competitive advantage.                                  2. I agree to use any proposal information only for evaluation purposes. I agree not to copy any information from the proposal(s), to use my best effort to safeguard such information physically, and not to disclose the contents of nor release any information relating to the proposal(s) to anyone outside of the evaluation team assembled for this acquisition or individuals designated by the Contracting Officer.                                  3. I agree to return to the Government all copies of proposals, as well as any abstracts, upon completion of the evaluation.                                  Name and Organization:                                  Date of Execution:                               (End of certificate)          (b) Information contained in proposals will be protected and disclosed to the extent permitted by law, and in accordance with FAR 3.104-4, 15.207, and Agency procedures at 40 CFR part 2.
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