Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

115.   Conduct of tenderer and contractor

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    (1)   A tenderer or a contractor shall not —

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      (a)     engage in or abet any corrupt or fraudulent practice;

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      (b)     engage in any coercive practice threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, any person or his or her property to influence his or her participation in a public procurement procedure, or affect the execution of a public procurement contract;

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      (c)     engage in collusion, before or after a tender submission, designed to allocate procurement contracts among tenderers, establish tender prices at artificial non- competitive levels or otherwise deprive a procuring entity of the benefit of free and open competition.

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    (2)   A tenderer or contractor who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment.