Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 43	TRANSPORTATION
PART 1	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 27	TOLL PROJECTS
SUBCHAPTER A	COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
RULE §27.8	Conflict of Interest and Ethics Policies

(6) authorizing the executive director to disqualify a proposer from the procurement and participation in the project at issue or to impose another sanction under §27.9 of this subchapter if it is determined that a proposer has engaged in any improper communications in violation of the rules of contact.

(e) Exceptions to rules of contact. Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) of this section:

(1) subcontractors that are shared between two or more proposer teams may communicate with members of each of those teams so long as those proposers establish a protocol to ensure that the subcontractor will not act as a conduit of information between the teams; and

(2) the prohibition provided by that subsection does not apply to public discussions regarding the project, request for qualifications, request for proposals, or request for competing proposals and qualifications at any department sponsored informational meetings.

Source Note: The provisions of this §27.8 adopted to be effective June 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 2670; amended to be effective August 18, 2011, 36 TexReg 5098; amended to be effective September 14, 2016, 41 TexReg 7135