New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 8 - DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM CONTRACTING › Section 19:9-8.2 - Causes for debarment of a person(s)

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In the public
				  interest, the Authority may debar a person for any of the following causes:
1. Commission of a criminal offense as an
				  incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract, or
				  subcontract thereunder, or in the performance of such contract or
				  subcontract;
2. Violation of the
				  Federal Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-452, or commission of
				  embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
				  perjury, false swearing, receiving stolen property, obstruction of justice, or
				  any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or honesty;
3. Violation of Federal or State antitrust
				  statutes, or of the Federal Anti-Kickback Acts (
				  18 U.S.C. §
												874,
				  40
				  U.S.C. § 276b and c);
4.
				  Violations of any of the laws governing the conduct of elections of the Federal
				  government, State of New Jersey or of its political sub-divisions;
5. Violation of the "New Jersey Law Against
				  Discrimination" ( P.L. 1945, c.169,
				  10:5-1 et seq., as supplemented by
				  P.L. 1975, c.127), or of the act banning discrimination in public works
				  employment (10:2-1 et seq.), or of the act
				  prohibiting discrimination by industries engaged in defense work in the
				  employment of persons therein (C.114, L.1942,
				  10:1-10 et seq.);
6. Violation of any laws governing hours of
				  labor, minimum wage standards, prevailing wage standards, discrimination in
				  wages, child labor or other labor standards;
7. Violation of any laws governing the
				  conduct of occupations or professions or regulated industries;
8. Violation of any environmental
				  laws;
9. Violations of any other
				  laws the violations of which may demonstrate a lack of moral integrity, or
				  actions which in the reasonable opinion of the Authority shed doubt on the
				  moral integrity of the person;
10.
				  Willful failure to perform in accordance with contract specifications or within
				  contractual time limits;
11. A
				  record of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance in accordance
				  with the terms of one or more contracts, provided that such failure or
				  unsatisfactory performance has occurred within a reasonable time preceding the
				  determination to debar and was caused by acts within the control of the person
				  debarred;
12. Violation of
				  contractual or statutory provisions regulating contingent fees;
13. Any other cause affecting the
				  responsibility as a contractor of such serious and compelling nature as may be
				  determined by the Authority to warrant debarment, including such conduct as may
				  be prescribed by the laws or contracts enumerated in this paragraph even if
				  such conduct has not been or may not be prosecuted as violations of such laws
				  or contracts;
14. Debarment by an
				  agency, authority, or commission of the State of New Jersey or of the United
				  States or a final determination by any such agency, authority, or commission
				  that such person has committed an act demonstrating a lack of moral
				  integrity.