Oregon Statutes 279C.440 – Disqualification from consideration for award of contracts
(1)(a) A contracting agency may disqualify a person from consideration for award of the contracting agency’s contracts for the reasons listed in subsection (2) of this section after providing the person with notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 279C.440
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
- Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) In lieu of the disqualification process described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a contracting agency contracting for a public improvement may petition the Construction Contractors Board to disqualify a person from consideration for award of the contracting agency’s public improvement contracts for the reasons listed in subsection (2) of this section. The Construction Contractors Board shall provide the person with notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
(c) A contracting agency or the Construction Contractors Board may not disqualify a person under this section for a period of more than three years.
(2) A person may be disqualified from consideration for award of a contracting agency’s contracts for any of the following reasons:
(a) The person has been convicted of a criminal offense as an incident in obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract.
(b) The person has been convicted under state or federal statutes of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty that currently, seriously and directly affects the person’s responsibility as a contractor.
(c) The person has been convicted under state or federal antitrust statutes.
(d) The person has committed a violation of a contract provision that is regarded by the contracting agency or the Construction Contractors Board to be so serious as to justify disqualification. A violation may include but is not limited to a failure to perform the terms of a contract or an unsatisfactory performance in accordance with the terms of the contract. However, a failure to perform or an unsatisfactory performance caused by acts beyond the control of the contractor may not be considered to be a basis for disqualification.
(e) The person does not carry workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance as required by statute.
(3) A contracting agency or the Construction Contractors Board shall issue a written decision to disqualify a person under this section. The decision shall:
(a) State the reasons for the action taken; and
(b) Inform the disqualified person of the appeal right of the person under:
(A) ORS § 279C.445 and 279C.450 if the decision to disqualify was issued by a contracting agency; or
(B) ORS Chapter 183 if the decision to disqualify was issued by the Construction Contractors Board.
(4) A copy of the decision issued under subsection (3) of this section must be mailed or otherwise furnished immediately to the disqualified person. [2003 c.794 § 122]