Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(1) In the public interest, the commission
may debar a person for any of the following causes:
(A) Conviction or Civil Judgment for-
1. Acts of fraud or 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 contracts or
subcontracts; or
2. Acts 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;
or
3. Violation of any federal or
state antitrust statute, including those proscribing price fixing between
competitors, allocation of customers between competitors, and bid rigging;
or
4. Violation of the federal
Anti-Kickback Acts, 18 U.S.C. section 874 and 40 U.S.C. section 3145;
or
5. Violation of any of the laws
governing the conduct of elections of the federal government or of the state of
Missouri or its political subdivisions; or
6. Violation of any Missouri laws prohibiting
discrimination, including, but not limited to, acts of discrimination
prohibited under section
213.040,
RSMo, et seq., and section
215.110,
RSMo, et seq.; or
7. Violation of
any laws governing hours of labor, minimum wage standards, prevailing wage
standards, discrimination in wages, or child labor; or
8. Violations of any laws governing the
conduct of occupations or professions or regulated industries; or
9. Any other offense, or violation of any
other law(s), which may indicate a lack of responsibility, business integrity,
or business honesty that seriously and directly affects the present
responsibility of a person;
(B) Violation of the terms of a covered
transaction so serious as to affect the integrity of a program administered by
the commission such as-
1. A willful failure
to perform in accordance with the terms of one (1) or more covered
transactions, or within the contractual time limits for one (1) or more covered
transactions;
2. A history of
failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance of one (1) or more covered
transactions, 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 to be debarred; or
3. A willful violation of a statutory or
regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a covered
transaction;
(C) Any
violation of the Workforce Eligibility Policy;
(D) Failure to pay a single substantial debt
or a number of outstanding debts (including disallowed costs and overpayment,
but not including sums owed the federal government under the Internal
Revenue Code) owed to any federal agency or instrumentality, provided
the debt is uncontested by the debtor or, if contested, provided that the
debtor's legal and administrative remedies have been exhausted;
(E) Debarment by any instrumentality,
department, or agency of the state of Missouri or of any other state;
(F) Debarment by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration, or any other
instrumentality, agency, or department of the United States
government;
(G) Knowingly doing
business with a debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded person
in connection with a covered transaction;
(H) Any violation of the Missouri Housing
Development Commission (MHDC) Standards of Conduct;
(I) Improper communication in violation of
the Contact with the Commission and Employees Policy;
(J) Violation of a material provision of any
settlement of a debarment or suspension action; and
(K) Any other cause affecting the
responsibility of a person that is of such a serious and compelling nature as
may be determined by the commission to warrant debarment, even if such conduct
has not been or may not be prosecuted as a violation of any law or
contract.
(2) Any act by
an individual of any of the grounds for debarment stipulated under subsection
(1)(A) may be imputed to an affiliate of a person where such conduct was
accomplished within the course of the affiliate's official duty or was effected
by the individual with the knowledge or approval of such person.
*Original authority: 215.030, RSMo 1969, amended 1974,
1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998.