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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="11-204" title_number="11" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A unit may not enter into a procurement contract except as allowed under this Division II.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this Division II, if a procurement violates this Division II, the procurement contract is void.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whenever a procurement contract is void under this subsection, the contractor shall be awarded compensation for actual expenses reasonably incurred under the procurement contract, plus a reasonable profit, if the contractor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>acted in good faith;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>did not directly contribute to a violation of this Division II; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>had no knowledge of the violation before the procurement contract was awarded.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever a procurement violates this Division II, the Board may determine that the procurement contract is voidable, rather than void, if the Board determines that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all parties acted in good faith;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ratification of the procurement contract would not undermine the purposes of this Division II; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the violation or series of violations was insignificant or otherwise did not prevent substantial compliance with this Division II.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whenever a procurement contract is voidable under this subsection and the contractor has not acted in violation of this Division II, the unit may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>ratify the procurement contract if the unit determines that ratification is in the best interests of the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>void the procurement contract and award the contractor compensation for actual expenses reasonably incurred under the contract, plus a reasonable profit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Whenever a procurement contract is voidable under this subsection and the contractor has acted in violation of this Division II, the unit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may void the procurement contract; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>without prejudice to the State’s right to appropriate damages, may ratify the procurement contract if the unit determines that ratification is in the best interests of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
