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