There shall be no collusion, or evidence or appearance of collusion, between any official or participant of the sponsoring agency and any official or participant or representative of the contractor, vendor, insurance company, bank, consultant, brokerage firm, or any other profit making or nonprofit firm in solicitation or award of a length of service award plan with the sponsoring agency. The sponsoring agency shall so certify to the Director in the resolution implementing each length of service award plan.
N.J. Admin. Code § 5:30-14.29