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ORANGE COUNTY toil free: (888) 641-CORP (2677) CONSERVATION CORPS 1853 north.avenue I anatheirin, ca 92801 `e, Earn... Learn... Serve... www.hireyouth.org Tools to Green the Future! Orange County Conservation Corps Procurement Policy Effective 7.1.2016 The OCCC will maintain, follow, and enforce procurement procedures to efficiently purchase the equipment, supplies and prepaid cards needed to carry out the daily operations of the OCCC, ensure the OCCC is financially secure, operates within approved budget while maintaining a balanced budget. A. Code of Conduct No employee, officer, or agent of OCCC shall participate in the selection or in the award or administration of any procurement if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. Such a conflict could arise if the employee, officer, or agent; any member of his/her immediate family; his/her partner; or an organization which employs or is about to employ any of the above has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for award. No officer, employee, or agent of OCCC shall solicit or accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary values from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to sub -agreements, except where the financial interest is not substantial or the gift is an unsolicited item of nominal intrinsic value. Any alleged violations of these standards of conduct shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officer. Where violations appear to have occurred, the offending employee, officer or agent shall be subject to disciplinary action, including but not limited to: dismissal or transfer; when violations or infractions appear to be substantial in nature, the matter may be referred to appropriate officials for criminal investigation and possible prosecution. B. Procurement Procedures The officer, employee or agent responsible for procurement of services, supplies, equipment, prepaid cards or construction shall review all proposed procurement actions to avoid the purchase of unnecessary or duplicative items. All services and items will be purchased with consideration of these priorities: 1. Best value 2. Cash -on -hand status 3. Features and quality of the item 4. Willingness to meet billing, delivery, and service needs. 5. Minority or Woman -owned supplier. 6. Ability of vendor to support the Mission of the OCCC.