§ 101-45.313-2 - Objectives and methods.

(a) Objectives. The requirements of § 101-45.313 have as their objective the prevention of improper influence in connection with the obtaining of Government contracts, the elimination of arrangements which encourage the payment of inequitable and exorbitant fees bearing no reasonable relationship to the services actually performed, and prevention of the reduction in return to the Government which inevitably results therefrom. Improper influence means influence, direct or indirect, which induces or intends to induce consideration or action by any employee or officer of the United States with respect to any Government contract on any basis other than the merits of the matter.

(b) Methods. The methods used to achieve the above objectives stated in paragraph (a) of this section are the requirement for disclosure of the details of arrangements under which agents represent concerns in obtaining Government contracts, and the prohibiting, by use of the covenant against contingent fees, of certain types of contractor-agent arrangements. The Criminal Code will apply in any case involving actual criminal conduct.