Rule 6-5-1.5 - Causes for Debarment Debarment may be imposed for:
A. Conviction of or civil judgment for: (i). Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public or private agreement or transaction;(ii). Violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes, including those prescribing price fixing between competitors, allocation of customers between competitors, and bid rigging;(iii). Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, receiving stolen property, making false claims, or obstruction of justice; or(iv). Commission of any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty that seriously and directly affects the present responsibility of a person.B. Violation of the terms of a public agreement or transaction so serious as to affect the integrity of an agency program, such as:(i). A willful failure to perform in accordance with the terms of two or more public agreements or transactions;(ii). A history of failure to perform or unsatisfactory performance of two or more public agreements or transactions;(iii). A willful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a public agreement or transaction; or(iv). Any other cause of so serious or compelling a nature that it affects the present responsibility of a person, entity or the operation and/or integrity of a program.C. Any of the following causes: A procurement or nonprocurement debarment taken by any Federal agency pursuant to 48 CFR Subpart 9.4.
(i). Knowingly doing business with a debarred, suspended, ineligible or voluntarily excluded person, in connection with a transaction, except as expressly permitted by the agency in writing; or(ii). Any other cause of so serious or compelling a nature that it affects the present responsibility of a person or entity.Miss. Code Ann. § 57-5-5 (Rev. 2008)