if the means and context so requires, “singular” plural” vice versa; and means calendar day. “day” The Employer as defined in section II, Bidding Data Sheet (BDS) has received a budget from RGoB towards the cost of the Goods defined in the BDS and intends to apply a part of the funds to cover eligible payments under this contract. Fraud and 2.1 It is RGoB policy to require that Purchasers, Bidders, Corruption Suppliers, Contractors and their Subcontractors observe the highest standards of ethics during the procurement and execution of contracts. In pursuance of this policy, the RGoB: (a) defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth below as follows: (i) is the offering, giving, receiving “Corrupt practice” or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party; (ii) is any intentional act or “Fraudulent practice” omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation; (iii) is an arrangement between “Collusive practice” two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including to influence improperly the actions of another party; (iv) is impairing or harming, or “Coercive practice” threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party; (v) "Obstructive practice" is (aa) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or concealing of evidence material to the investigation or making false statements to investigators in order materially to impede any investigation into allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent, coercive or collusive practice; and/or threatening, harassing or intimidating any party to prevent it from disclosing its knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation or from pursuing the
if the context so requires, “singular” means plural” and vice versa; and “day” means calendar day. The Employer as defined in section II, Bidding Data Sheet (BDS) has received a budget from RGoB towards the cost of the Goods defined in the BDS and intends to apply a part of the funds to cover eligible payments under this contract. Fraud and Corruption 2.1 It is RGoB policy to require that Purchasers, Bidders, Suppliers, Contractors and their Subcontractors observe the highest standards of ethics during the procurement and execution of contracts. In pursuance of this policy, the RGoB: (a) defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth below as follows: (i) “Corrupt practice” is the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party; (ii) “Fraudulent practice” is any intentional act or omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation; (iii) “Collusive practice” is an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including to influence improperly the actions of another party; (iv) “Coercive practice” is impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to influence improperly the actions of a party; (v) "Obstructive practice" is (aa) deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or concealing of evidence material to the investigation or making false statements to investigators in order materially to impede any investigation into allegations of a corrupt, fraudulent, coercive or collusive practice; and/or threatening, harassing or intimidating any party to prevent it from disclosing its knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation or from pursuing the
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