It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to discourage uniform bidding by every possible means and to endeavor to obtain as full and open competition as possible on all purchases and sales. For competitive sealed bids and proposals, the Purchasing Agent shall require each bidder to accompany their bid with a statement made under oath that they have not been a party with other bidders to an agreement to bid a fixed or uniform price or to share price bid information. Violation of such statement shall render void the bid of such bidders. Any disclosure to or acquisition by a competitive bidder, in advance of the opening of the bids, of the terms or conditions of the bid submitted by a competitor shall render the entire proceedings void and shall require readvertising for bids.
(Res. No. 38-02; Res. No. 30-22)