23.1 warranty and representation. contractor and company are aware of practice (referred to in this article as"illegal information brokering") where certain parties approach contractors , subcontractor , vendors or other suppliers, and offer confidential information or illicit influence in order to obtain business through corruption of competitive bidding processes. contractor recognizes that the practice of illegal information brokering or any other corruption of the contract award process is not permitted by company and contractor warrants and represents that it has not and will not utilize illegal information brokering in connection with this agreement