SEC. 28.0. FINDINGS.

(a) The Board of Supervisors finds that: (1) contracting with the City is an important municipal affair, and that the award of contracts to Contractors who fail to deal with the City in good faith compromises the integrity of the contracting process and results in the improper expenditure of public funds, and (2) the public contracting process is for the benefit of the public, not Contractors, and it serves the public interest to empower the City to Debar or Suspend a Contractor that has engaged in conduct that undermines the integrity of the public contracting process.

(b) The Board of Supervisors recognizes that the City must afford Contractors due process in any determination that precludes any individual or business entity from participating in the contracting process. This Chapter 28 does not apply to a determination of nonresponsibility for a single contract or identifiable group of contracts, but rather to the broader determination of irresponsibility of a Contractor for the general purpose of contracting with the City for a specified period. The Board of Supervisors therefore adopts this Chapter to prescribe standard procedures for the prosecution, determination, and implementation of administrative Debarments and Suspensions.

(Added by Ord. 8-04, File No. 031503, App. 1/16/2004; amended by Ord. 239-20, File No. 200896, App. 11/25/2020, Eff. 12/26/2020)