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3. A member of the City Commission, the City Manager, or a spouse, or child, has an employment relationship or a material or financial interest in the vendor, as defined in the Florida Statutes. 4. As otherwise provided pursuant to Florida Statutes. B. No public officer or employee of the City shall solicit anything of value, including a gift, loan, reward, promise of future employment, favor or service. C. In addition to the prohibitions concerning gifts and gratuities as stated in Sections 112.313(2) and 112.3148, Florida Statutes and the City Human Resource policies, employees within the Procurement and Contract Management Division shall not accept any gift from a Lobbyist, as that term is defined in Section 1 ] 2.3148(2) (b), Florida Statutes, regardless of the dollar value. City employees should refer to Human Resources Employee Manual relating to regulations regarding gifts. D. It shall be unethical for any payment, gratuity, or offer of employment to be made by, or on behalf of, a potential bidder, contractor, or subcontractor, to any person associated with a particular solicitation or award, as an inducement for the award. All potential bidders, contractors and subcontractors are bound by the Cone of Silence below. E. Any violation of any provision of this section shall subject the violator to the sanctions contained in the Florida Statutes Chapter 112 and any other applicable state or federal law, as well as adverse employment action. 2.2 CONE OF SILENCE A. The Cone of Silence is a prohibition on communications relating to a competitive solicitation or advertised solicitation which commences upon the issuance of the solicitation document. B. The Cone of Silence for awards requiring City Commission approval concludes at the beginning of the meeting at which the City Commission will be presented the award(s) for approval or to request authorization to negotiate a contract(s), or when the Commission rejects all bids or responses to the sealed competitive solicitation, or takes other action which ends the sealed competitive solicitation process. However, if the City Commission refers the item back to the City Manager for further review, or otherwise does not take action on the item, the Cone of Silence will be reinstated until such time as the City Commission meets to consider the item for action. D. Bidders, respondents, lobbyists or consultants shall not contact any City employee or City official, including the City Commission, the City Manager, or any member of the Evaluation Committee concerning an active Solicitation during the Cone of Silence Period. All questions and inquiries concerning procedural matters shall be directed to the Procurement and Contract Management Division only. The contact person must not be a member of the selection/evaluation committee or the person designated to negotiate the contract. Page 9