OAR 167-001-0605: Selection and Award of Public Contracts

(1) Secretary officers, employees or agents involved in the process of the selection and award of public contracts must carefully review the provisions of ORS 244.040. (2) Secretary officers, employees and agents are prohibited from soliciting or receiving gifts, which means something of economic value given to a public official or the public official’s relative or member of the household of the public official without an exchange of valuable consideration of equivalent value, including the full or partial forgiveness of indebtedness, and which is not extended to others who are not public officials or the relatives of public officials or members of the household of the public official on the same terms and conditions; and something of economic value given to a public official or the public official’s relative or member or the household of the public official for valuable consideration less than that required from others who are not public officials. (3) Secretary officers, employees and agents are prohibited from using their official position for personal or financial gain. (4) Secretary officers, employees and agents are prohibited from using confidential information gained in the course of the screening and selection procedures for personal or financial gain.