Section R33-124-106 - Personal Relationship, Favoritism, or Bias Participation Prohibitions(1) Employees are prohibited from participating in discussions or decisions relating to the procurement, contracting, or administration process if they have any type of personal relationship, favoritism, or bias that would appear to a reasonable person to influence their independence in performing their assigned duties and responsibilities relating to the procurement process, contracting, or contract administration or prevent them from fairly and objectively evaluating a proposal in response to a bid, Request for Proposal (RFP), or other solicitation. This provision may not be construed to prevent an employee from having a bias based on the employee's review of a response to the solicitation in regard to the criteria in the solicitation.(2) If an employee has a personal relationship, favoritism, or bias toward any individual, group, organization, or vendor responding to a bid, RFP, or other solicitation, the employee must make a written disclosure to the supervisor and the supervisor shall take appropriate action, which may include recusing the employee from discussions or decisions relating to the solicitation, contracting, or administration matter in question. This provision may not be construed to prevent an employee from having a bias based on the employee's review of a response to the solicitation in regard to the criteria in the solicitation.Utah Admin. Code R33-124-106
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-15, effective 7/9/2024, exp. 11/6/2024 (Emergency)Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-21, effective 10/22/2024