New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 3 - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter 1 - DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND DISQUALIFICATION OF PERSON(S) › Section 10:3-1.14 - Conflict of interest

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The violation
				of any of the prohibitions contained in this section shall render any vendor
				committing such violation liable to debarment in the public interest.
(b) The provisions of (c) through (h) below
				shall be included in all requests for proposals issued by the Department of
				Human Services.
(c) No vendor shall
				pay, offer to pay, or agree to pay, either directly or indirectly, any fee,
				commission, compensation, gift, gratuity, or other thing of value of any kind
				to any State officer or employee or special State officer or employee, as
				defined by N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13b and e, in the Department of the Treasury or any
				other agency with which such vendor transacts or offers or proposes to transact
				business, or to any member of the immediate family, as defined by N.J.S.A.
				52:13D-13i, of any such officer or employee, or any partnership, firm, or
				corporation with which they are employed or associated, or in which such
				officer or employee has an interest within the meaning of N.J.S.A.
				52:13D-13g.
(d) The solicitation of
				any fee, commission, compensation, gift, gratuity or other thing of value by
				any State officer or employee or special State officer or employee from any
				State vendor shall be reported in writing forthwith by the vendor to the
				Attorney General and the Executive Commission on Ethical Standards.
(e) No vendor may, directly or indirectly,
				undertake any private business, commercial or entrepreneurial relationship
				with, whether or not pursuant to employment, contract or other agreement,
				express or implied, or sell any interest in such vendor to, any State officer
				or employee or special State officer or employee having any duties or
				responsibilities in connection with the purchase, acquisition or sale of any
				property or services by or to any State agency or any instrumentality thereof,
				or with any person, firm or entity with which he is employed or associated or
				in which he has an interest within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13g. Any
				relationships subject to this provision shall be reported in writing forthwith
				to the Executive Commission on Ethical Standards, which may grant a waiver of
				this restriction upon application of the State officer or employee or special
				State officer or employee upon a finding that the present or proposed
				relationship does not present the potential, actuality or appearance of a
				conflict of interest.
(f) No vendor
				shall influence, or attempt to influence or cause to be influenced, any State
				officer or employee or special State officer or employee in his or her official
				capacity in any manner which might tend to impair the objectivity or
				independence of judgment of said officer or employee.
(g) No vendor shall cause or influence, or
				attempt to cause or influence, any state officer or employee or special State
				officer or employee to use, or attempt to use, his or her official position to
				secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for the vendor or any other
				person.
(h) The provisions cited in
				this section shall not be construed to prohibit a State officer or employee or
				special State officer or employee from receiving gifts from or contracting with
				vendors under the same terms and conditions as are offered or made available to
				members of the general public, subject to any guidelines the Executive
				Commission on Ethical Standards may promulgate.