Biased Ground Rules Sample Clauses

Biased Ground Rules. This type of conflict may arise in situations where a company sets the ground rules for a future competition. For example, when a Contractor develops requirements then competes to provide products or services to satisfy those requirements, thus obtaining a competitive advantage.
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Biased Ground Rules. During the conduct of an earlier procurement, the contractor has established the ground rules for a future procurement by developing specifications, evaluation factors, or similar documents. Are the firms currently selected and engaged on the RCRRA project: Construction Manager / Design Team for Minnesota’s Union Depot Multimodal Transportation and Transit Hub in Saint Xxxx, Minnesota in any way at risk of violating these guidelines? If so, which of the circumstances identified earlier (a, b, or c) would trigger a potential violation and why? Response: RCRRA does not consider engagement on both the Union Depot Construction Manager/Design Team project and this study to be a conflict of interest. The Proposal Evaluation Committee (PEC) will review proposals based on the evaluation criteria found in the RFP. It is important the PEC be given detailed information in your proposal regarding the availability of assigned staff, regardless of prime or sub‐ consultant. Staff availability should take into consideration the possibility being awarded both contracts. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)‌ East Metro Rail Capacity and Engineering Improvements Study Saint Xxxx, Minnesota December 15, 2009
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Biased Ground Rules. A Contractor in the course of performance of a Government contract, has in some fashion established a "ground rules" for another Government contract, where the same Contractor may be a competitor. For example, a Contractor may have drafted the statement of work, specifications, or evaluations criteria of a future Government procurement. The primary concern of the Government in this case is that a Contractor so situated could slant key aspects of a procurement in its own favor, to the unfair disadvantage of competing vendors. If the requirements of the Government procurement anticipate the successful vendor may be in a position to establish important ground rules, including but not limited to those described herein, the successful vendor should be required to submit and negotiate an acceptable mitigation plan.
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