R2001-90 AUTHORIZING THE FILING AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT

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' I State of Illinois Department of Transportation South Dirksen Parkway Springfield, Illinois 62764 The Department shall, after receiving the Certificate of Title from the Secretary of State, deliver to grantee the Certificate of Title. Grantee shall not grant a security interest or other encumbrance on the Project Asset(s)to any entiry other than the State. H. Encumbrance of Project Property- Unless expressly authorized in writing by the Govemment, the Grantee agrees to refrain from: (1) Executing any transfer of title, lease, lien, pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, contract, grant anticipation note, alienation, or other obligation that in any way would affect the Government interest in any Project Asset(s);or (2) Obligating itself in any manner to any third party with respect to Project Asset(s). ITEM 10-PROCUREMENT No grant funds shall be used by the Grantee to procure goods, property,or services under this Project. ITEM 11 -ETHICS A. Code of Conduct. (1) Personal Conflict of Interest. The Grantee shall maintain a written code or standard of conduct which shall govern the performance of its employees, officers, board members or agents engaged in the award and administration of contracts supported by federal or state funds. Such code shall provide that no employee, officer, board member, or agent of the Grantee may participate in the selection, award, or administration of a contract supported by federal or state funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. Such a conflict would arise when any of the parties set forth below has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for award: (a) The employee,officer, board member,or agent; (b) Any member of his or her immediate family; (c) His or her partner;or (d) An organization that employs,or is about to employ, any of the above. � The conflict of interest requirement for former employees, officers, board members and agents shall apply for one year. The code shall also provide that the Grantee's employees, officers, board members or agents shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors,or parties to sub-agreements.The Department may waive the prohibition contained in this subsection, provided that any such present employee, officer, board member, or agent shall not participate in any action by the Grantee or the locality relating to such contract, subcontract, or arrangement. (2) Organizational Conflict of Interest. Grantee will also prevent real and apparent organizational conflict of interest. An organizational conflict of interest exists when the nature of the work to be performed under a proposed third party contract or subcontract may,without some restriction on future activities, result in an unfair competitive advantage to the third party contractor or grantee or impair the objectivity in performing the contract work. Asset Transfer Agreement page 10