Gratuities and Owners Not to Benefit Provisions. If it is found, after notice and hearing, by the Department that gratuities (in the form of entertainment, gifts, payment, offers of employment or otherwise) were offered or given by the A/E, or any agent or representative of the A/E, to any official, employee or agent of the Department or the District with a view toward securing the Agreement or any other contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the awarding or amending, or the making of any determinations with respect to the performance of the Contract, the Department may, by written notice to the A/E, terminate the right of the A/E to proceed under the Agreement and may pursue such other rights and remedies provided by law and under the Contract.
