- (a) For purposes of debarment, the illegal or improper conduct of an individual may be fully imputed to the business firm with which he or she is or was associated or by whom he or she is or was employed where that conduct was engaged in within the course of his or her employment or with knowledge or approval of the business firm or thereafter ratified by it.
- (b) Debarment of a contractor in no way affects existing contractual obligations of the contractor to the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the State Highway Commission.
- (c) If the commission finds that inquiry into and review of any debarment would not be in the public interest because such action may impede, hinder, or delay federal or state investigations into a bidding crime, such inquiry may be delayed until those investigations are concluded.
(d)
- (1) Any contractor currently qualified to bid by the commission on its contracts shall have a duty to notify the commission if it is convicted of any bidding crime within thirty (30) days thereafter.
- (2) Failure to do so is a serious and compelling offense sufficient to result in debarment in and of itself.
- (e) This part is supplementary and is not to be construed as repealing, or being repealed by, any other regulations, rule, contract specification, etc., unless explicit reference is made thereto.