(2) A contracting agency may debar or disqualify, under ORS 279B.130 or 279C.440, as appropriate, a bidder or proposer if the contracting agency finds that the bidder or proposer has violated subsection (1) of this section in awarding a subcontract in connection with a contract the contracting agency advertised or otherwise solicited or a contract between the contracting agency and the bidder or proposer. A debarred or disqualified bidder or proposer may appeal the debarment or disqualification under ORS 279B.425 or ORS 279C.445 and 279C.450, as appropriate.
(3) A contracting agency may not allege an occurrence of discrimination in subcontracting as a basis for debarring or disqualifying a bidder or proposer under subsection (2) of this section more than three years after the alleged discriminatory conduct occurred or more than three years after the contracting agency, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have discovered the conduct, whichever is later.
(4) A bidder or proposer shall certify in the bid or proposal that the bidder or proposer has not discriminated and will not discriminate, in violation of subsection (1) of this section, against a disadvantaged business enterprise, a minority-owned business, a woman-owned business, a business that a service-disabled veteran owns or an emerging small business in awarding a subcontract.
(5) If a contracting agency awards a public contract to a contractor and the contractor violates the contractor’s certification under subsection (4) of this section, the contracting agency may regard the violation as a breach of contract that permits the contracting agency to:
(a) Terminate the contract; or
(b) Exercise any of the remedies for breach of contract that are reserved in the contract. [2003 c.794 §15; 2009 c.235 §3; 2015 c.565 §13]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance
Chapter 279A - Public Contracting - General Provisions
Section 279A.010 - Definitions for Public Contracting Code.
Section 279A.020 - Organization of Public Contracting Code.
Section 279A.025 - Application of Public Contracting Code.
Section 279A.050 - Procurement authority.
Section 279A.055 - Personal services contracts.
Section 279A.065 - Model rules generally; applicability to contracting agencies.
Section 279A.075 - Delegation.
Section 279A.100 - Affirmative action; limited competition permitted.
Section 279A.110 - Discrimination in subcontracting prohibited; remedies.
Section 279A.120 - Preference for Oregon goods and services; nonresident bidders.
Section 279A.125 - Preference for recycled materials.
Section 279A.130 - Preference for exceeding Buy America requirements for transit projects; rules.
Section 279A.140 - State procurement of goods and services; rules.
Section 279A.150 - Procurement of goods containing recycled polyethylene material.
Section 279A.165 - Report concerning special procurements; requirement to maintain records.
Section 279A.167 - Certification program for training in pay equity provisions of state law; rules.
Section 279A.180 - Purchases through federal programs.
Section 279A.190 - Transfers of fire protection equipment between fire departments.
Section 279A.200 - Definitions for ORS 279A.200 to 279A.225.
Section 279A.205 - Cooperative procurements authorized.
Section 279A.210 - Joint cooperative procurements.
Section 279A.215 - Permissive cooperative procurements.
Section 279A.220 - Interstate cooperative procurements.
Section 279A.225 - Protests and disputes.
Section 279A.250 - Definitions for ORS 279A.250 to 279A.290.
Section 279A.255 - Inspection, appraisal and inventory of state property; reports by state agencies.
Section 279A.260 - Powers and duties of department; acquisitions by qualified donees; rules.
Section 279A.280 - Disposal of surplus property; costs of disposal.