Section 81Sec./Art. 81

Disclosure of Relations. - In addition to the proposed contents of the invitation to bid as mentioned under Section 50 of this Act, all Bidding Documents shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit of the bidder that he or she, any partner, member of the board, or officer of the juridical entity is not related to the HoPE; the members of the BAC, the TWG, and the BAC Secretariat, the head of the Project Management Office or the end-user unit or implementing unit, and the project consultants of the Procuring Entity, or of the procurement agent, whichever is applicable, by consanguinity or affinity up to the third civil degree. In order to determine the ultimate beneficiary and prevent collusion, the ultimate beneficial ownership of an entity shall be disclosed by the bidder.

Failure to comply with the aforementioned provision shall be a ground for the automatic disqualification of the bid in consonance with Section 59 of this Act. For this reason, relation to the aforementioned persons within the third civil degree of consanguinity or affinity shall automatically disqualify the bidder from participating in the procurement of contracts of the Procuring Entity notwithstanding the act of such persons inhibiting themselves from the procurement process.