(b) will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the consultant recommended for award, or any of its personnel, or its agents, or its sub-consultants, sub-contractors, service providers, suppliers and/or their employees, has, directly or indirectly, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive, or obstructive practices in competing for the contract in question;
(c) will declare misprocurement and cancel the portion of the Loan allocated to a contract if it determines at any time that representatives of the Borrower or of a recipient of any part of the proceeds of the Loan were engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive, or obstructive practices during the selection process or the implementation of the contract in question, without the Borrower having taken timely and appropriate action satisfactory to the Bank to address such practices when they occur, including by failing to inform the Bank in a timely manner at the time they knew of the practices;
(d) will sanction a firm or an individual, at any time, in accordance with prevailing Bank’s sanctions procedures,23 including by publicly declaring such firm or individual ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time: (i) to be awarded a Bank-financed contract; and (ii) to be a nominated24 sub-consultant, supplier, or service provider of an otherwise eligible firm being awarded a Bank-financed contract;
(e) will require that a clause be included in the RFP and in contracts financed by a Bank loan requiring consultants, and their agents, personnel, sub-consultants, sub-contractors, service providers, or suppliers, to permit the Bank to inspect all accounts, records, and other documents relating to the submission of proposals and contract performance, and to have them audited by auditors appointed by the Bank; and