Section 36-2-10-210.1-4 - Conflict of Interest4.1 ITS procurement staff members strive to collectively and individually maintain an open and competitive environment for awarding and conducting government business. An ITS procurement staff member with a perceived or actual conflict of interest in a certain procurement effort will make a formal declaration of disqualification and promptly withdraw from further participation in the procurement. 4.2 ITS procurement staff members avoid engaging in personal business with a vendor who provides IT hardware, software, or services to government in Mississippi. 4.3 ITS procurement staff members do not lend money to or borrow money from any vendor. 4.4 ITS procurement staff members avoid outside employment or other activities that might create demands incompatible with their procurement assignments, cast doubt on their ability to perform these assignments objectively, or otherwise create a conflict of interest. 4.5 Conflicts of interest for members of the procurement staff include but are not limited to: * The ITS procurement staff member or any member of that person's immediate family has a financial interest pertaining to the procurement and/or an association with any potential vendors
* A business or organization with which the ITS procurement staff member or any member of that person's immediate family is associated has a financial interest pertaining to the procurement and/or is a potential vendor
* Any other person, business, or organization with whom the ITS procurement staff member or any member of that person's immediate family is negotiating or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment is involved in the procurement
36 Miss. Code. R. § 2-10-210.1-4
Sections 25-4-101 through 25-4-119