No employee, officer, board or Council member of the Tribe shall
participate directly or indirectly in the selection, award, or administration
of any contract if a conflict of interest, either real or apparent,
would be involved. This type of conflict would be when one of the
persons listed below has a financial interest or any other type of
interest in a firm competing for the award:
A. An employee, officer, board member, or agent involved in making the
award;
B. His/her relative (including father, mother, son, daughter, brother,
sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, husband, wife, in-law,
stepparent, stepchild, or half-sibling);
D. An organization which employs or is negotiating to employ, or has
an arrangement concerning prospective employment, of any of the above.
No officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the
Tribe shall ask for or accept gratuities, favors, or items of more
than $25 in value from any contractor, potential contractor, or party
to any subcontract, and shall not knowingly use confidential information
for actual or anticipated personal gain. In the event that an officer,
employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe receives a
gratuity, favor or item of more than $25 in value and cannot return
it, the item shall be turned over to the Tribal Secretary who shall
distribute such items to tribal members in need.
Contractors wanting to do business with the Tribe must not hire
a person to solicit or secure a contract for a commission percentage,
brokerage, or contingent fee, except for bona fide established commercial
selling agencies.
No officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the
Tribe who has the authority to grant or award a contract or determine
to conduct business with vendors on behalf of a tribal business shall
accept employment or a position as director or a similar position,
acquire an ownership interest, or otherwise be involved with any certified
preference business which has been granted or awarded a contract or
done business with the tribal business during the tenure of the officer,
employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe for a period
of twelve (12) months following termination of the employment, term
or position of the officer, employee, board or Council member or agent
of the Tribe.