means a scheme or arrangement “collusive practice” between two or more bidders, with or without the knowledge of the Recipient, designed to establish bid prices at artificial, noncompetitive levels; and means harming or threatening to “coercive practice” harm, directly or indirectly, persons or their property to influence their participation in the procurement process or affect the execution of a contract; will cancel the portion of the financing allocated to a contract if it determines at any time that representatives of the Recipient or of a beneficiary of the financing engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices during the procurement or the execution of that contract, without the Recipient having taken timely and appropriate action satisfactory to the Bank to remedy the situation; and will sanction a firm or individual, including declaring them ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, to be awarded a Bank-financed contract if it at any time determines that they have, directly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices in competing for, or in executing, a Bank-financed contract. 4.1 The Supplier and its Subcontractors shall have the nationality of an 4. Eligibility Eligible Country. A Supplier or Subcontractor shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if it is a citizen or constituted, incorporated, or registered, and operates in conformity with the provisions of the laws of that country. 4.2 All Goods and Related Services to be supplied under the Contract and by the Bank shall have their source and origin in Eligible Countries. For the purpose of this Clause, source shall mean the country from which an item is transported to the country in which the project is located or the latter country provided that in both cases the item is located there at the time of purchase and origin means the country where the Goods have been grown, mined, cultivated, produced, manufactured, or processed; or through manufacture, processing, or assembly, another commercially recognized article results that differs substantially in its basic characteristics from its components. 5. Notices 5.1 Any notice given by one Party to the other pursuant to the Contract shall be in writing to the address specified in the SC. The term
“collusive practice” means a scheme or arrangement between two or more bidders, with or without the knowledge of the Recipient, designed to establish bid prices at artificial, noncompetitive levels; and “coercive practice” means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons or their property to influence their participation in the procurement process or affect the execution of a contract; will cancel the portion of the financing allocated to a contract if it determines at any time that representatives of the Recipient or of a beneficiary of the financing engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices during the procurement or the execution of that contract, without the Recipient having taken timely and appropriate action satisfactory to the Bank to remedy the situation; and will sanction a firm or individual, including declaring them ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, to be awarded a Bank-financed contract if it at any time determines that they have, directly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices in competing for, or in executing, a Bank-financed contract. 4. Eligibility 4.1 The Supplier and its Subcontractors shall have the nationality of an Eligible Country. A Supplier or Subcontractor shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if it is a citizen or constituted, incorporated, or registered, and operates in conformity with the provisions of the laws of that country. 4.2 All Goods and Related Services to be supplied under the Contract and by the Bank shall have their source and origin in Eligible Countries. For the purpose of this Clause, source shall mean the country from which an item is transported to the country in which the project is located or the latter country provided that in both cases the item is located there at the time of purchase and origin means the country where the Goods have been grown, mined, cultivated, produced, manufactured, or processed; or through manufacture, processing, or assembly, another commercially recognized article results that differs substantially in its basic characteristics from its components. 5. Notices 5.1 Any notice given by one Party to the other pursuant to the Contract shall be in writing to the address specified in the SC. The term