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City of Santa Ana, California Section 6. Proposal Evaluation Process Attachment 2: Proposer Code of Conduct The City of Santa Ana is planning to request and receive proposals for Solid Waste Management and Recycling Services within the jurisdiction of the City. The members of the City Council are obligated to comply with the Political Reform Act of 1974 ("PRA") and the Brown Act (Government Code §56950 et seq.). The City has a desire to maintain a process free from any undue influence and the appearance of impropriety. The City prepared this "Proposer Code of Conduct". A potential proposer is defined as any individual or entity involved in making a proposal to the City under the Collector Selection Process ("Potential Proposer"). Each Potential Proposer is individually responsible for ensuring compliance with the following Code of Conduct. The Potential Proposer's responsibility to comply with this Code of Conduct shall extend to the Potential Proposer's employees, agents, consultants, lobbyists, or other parties or individuals engaged for the purposes of developing or supporting the Potential Proposer's proposal. The Proposer Code of Conduct is presented below: 1. Ex Parte Communications Prohibited From January 30, 2018, until the execution of the Agreement with the selected Proposer, potential Proposers are prohibited from having any verbal or written communications (ex parte contacts) with any City Council Members related to any matter related to the RFP process or Collector Selection process, except in the course of a legally noticed meeting of the City Council, or any subcommittee of the Council, or in conjunction with an ex parte contact arranged by and involving the City staff and/or consultants. If any such unauthorized ex parte contact occurs, the Council member shall disclose its occurrence at the next meeting of the City Council that next follows the said ex parte contact. 2. Gift and Compensation Prohibited From January 30, 2018, until the execution of the Agreement with the selected Proposer, potential Proposers are prohibited from giving any gift of any monetary value, or compensation of any kind (as defined under the California Political Reform Act) to a City Council Member or any City staff member or consultant. Please be aware that any Council Member who accepts such a gift or compensation may be subject to censure by the City Council. Any City staff member who violates this policy may be subject to discipline including termination of services, and any consultant who violates this policy may be subject to termination of services. Any Potential Proposer who violates this policy as to gifts or compensation may be subject to disqualification by the City Council from the Collector Selection Process. 3. Collusive Activities Prohibited From January 30, 2018, until the execution of the Agreement with the selected Proposer, collusive activities among Potential Proposers are expressly forbidden and will likely result in immediate disqualification from the Collector Selection Process. If two or more Potential Proposers are developing a joint proposal, the Potential Proposers must notify Sloan Vazquez McAfee using the email provided in Section 4.4.1 no later than thirty (30) days prior to the deadline for submission of proposals. This notification will be kept confidential until after submission of all technical and cost proposals. The following affidavit is submitted by proposer as a part of this proposal: DRAFT RFP for Franchised Collection Services 1/8/18 Attachment 65B-54