(a) Ineligibility due to a conviction. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if such natural person, business entity or any controlling person of such business entity has ever been convicted or in custody, under parole or under any other non-custodial supervision resulting from a conviction in a court of any jurisdiction for the commission of a felony of any kind, or of a criminal offense of whatever degree, involving:
(1) bribery or attempted bribery, or its equivalent under any local, state or federal law, of any public officer or employee of the City of Chicago or of any sister agency; or
(2) theft, fraud, forgery, perjury, dishonesty or deceit, or attempted theft, fraud, forgery, perjury, dishonesty or deceit, or its equivalent under any local, state or federal law, against the City of Chicago or of any sister agency; or
(3) conspiring to engage in any of the acts set forth in items (1) or (2) of this subsection (a); or
(4) any hate crime; or
(5) treason, sedition, or related offenses.
(b) Ineligibility due to an admission of guilt. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if such natural person or business entity or any controlling person of such business entity has made in any civil or criminal proceeding an admission of guilt of any of the conduct set forth in items (1) through (5), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section, under circumstances where such admission of guilt is a matter of record but has not resulted in criminal prosecution for such conduct.
(c) Ineligibility due to the filing of charges or indictment. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if such natural person or business entity or any controlling person of such business entity is charged with or indicted for any felony or criminal offense set forth in items (1) through (5), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section. Such ineligibility shall remain in effect until final adjudication is made with respect to such felony or criminal offense.
(d) Ineligibility due to debarment by a government agency. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if such natural person or business entity or any controlling person of such business entity has been debarred by any local, state or federal government agency from doing business with such government agency, for any reason or offense set forth in subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, or substantially equivalent reason or offense, for the duration of the debarment by such government agency.
(e) Ineligibility due to removal from public office. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if such natural person or any controlling person of such business entity has ever been removed from public office.
(f) Successor business entities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, if a business entity seeking to do business with the City ("the applicant entity") acquires or is merged with a business entity that is ineligible under this section to do business with the City ("the prohibited entity"), such applicant entity shall be eligible to do business with the City if all of the following apply: (1) no controlling person of such applicant entity has made an admission of guilt or been convicted, charged or indicted for any of the criminal conduct forming the basis of the prohibited entity's ineligibility to do business with the City; and (2) no person who was a controlling person of the prohibited entity at the time such criminal conduct occurred is a controlling person of the applicant entity; and (3) all other eligibility requirements of this section have been met by the applicant entity and all controlling persons thereof.
(Added Coun. J. 6-30-10, p. 95061, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-5-16, p. 33564, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-23-22, p. 45580, § 2)