0:04 [Music] [Applause]
0:05 [Applause]
0:07 come on let's get out of here create a
0:11 contract what now yeah I know a company
0:15 we can award to uh okay make it
0:17 fast hey
0:19 wait come
0:22 on come on let's make a contract with
0:25 Amity Inc all right let me get the rules
0:34 come on the computer's warm okay
0:37 wait this company wants me to work for
0:38 them offered me a good
0:41 position you can't just directly War to
0:44 them oh I won't but I can give them some
0:50 little maybe some of the other company
0:52 prices and [Music]
0:54 [Music]
0:57 offerings and once I start working with
0:58 them I can use what I know to get us
1:00 even more contract [Music]
1:06 what other info do you need winky face
1:42 yeah huh no kidding all right I'm on my
1:45 way all right Chuck what do we got
1:47 Contracting officer pretty nasty one too
1:50 look at this
1:54 one how did it happen law sir laws
1:56 doesn't come down to these parts it does
1:58 now victim was seeking employment to the
2:00 company she was awarding to she also
2:02 disclosed Source selection information
2:04 sounds like she's been chumming the
2:06 waters for a while last night she tried
2:07 to make an award but she threw the rule
2:09 book out skinny dipping her way into
2:12 trouble that's when the attack
2:14 came oh
2:17 great what's the story laws attack sir
2:20 but it's under control under control
2:21 doesn't look like it for me she was
2:23 being Reckless she was seeking
2:25 employment with the company disclosing
2:27 sensitive procurement information she
2:29 even hinted at inappropriate post award activity
2:30 activity
2:33 so that's how we do things here yeah I
2:34 think that's the problem if we're not
2:37 careful there will be more attacks sir
2:39 government business needs to be
2:41 conducted in a manner above reproach and
2:44 with complete impartiality and with
2:47 preferential treatment for no one here
2:49 let me draw you a picture on this crime scene
2:49 scene
2:52 photo all right now it may not be as
2:53 much of an issue if we're playing around
2:56 on the shore but you go deeper in the
2:58 waters and you can become substantially
3:01 and personally involved in the contract
3:03 this goes beyond legal review it's
3:06 actual decisionmaking participating in
3:08 evaluation boards major planning
3:11 discussions and in her case being a CO
3:14 and deciding on the award listen you
3:15 need to fix this but don't change
3:19 anything around here we move fast mayor
3:21 this is serious we need to adjust some
3:23 things maybe reach out to some ethics
3:25 advisers hey hey guys we've already got
3:27 a way of doing things around here right
3:29 I need to make sure that doesn't change
3:32 or maybe I start using another contrac
3:35 officer huh now hold on mayor don't
3:37 cause any
3:40 problems what's the next move boss we do
3:44 our jobs Safeguard the people prevent another
3:56 attack hey Sheriff here's some Safeguard
4:11 [Music]
4:18 sick hey Jimmy I'm going to award this
4:32 get out of the office get out of the
4:35 office get out of the office I'm
4:37 awarding to my son's Company Inc it's
4:39 the name of the company who got the
4:41 contract come
4:44 on go back to work waste of time that's a
4:54 lot listen you got to take it easy
4:56 you're freaking the office out look
4:58 there was an appearance and sometimes an
5:00 appearance may be enough for laws to
5:03 attack sir the general rule is to avoid
5:06 strictly any conflict of interest or
5:08 even the appearance of a conflict of
5:10 interest in government and contractor
5:12 relationships now while many federal
5:15 laws and regulations Place restrictions
5:17 on the actions of government Personnel
5:20 their official conduct must in addition
5:22 be such that they would have no
5:24 reluctance to make a full public
5:26 disclosure of their actions what I'm
5:28 telling you is I ought to fire you for
5:29 blowing that whistle and scar and
5:32 everyone well you can't there's
5:36 whistleblower protection rules what the
5:38 far provides robust whistleblower
5:40 protections for both government and
5:42 contractor employees ensuring that they
5:45 can report instances of fraud waste
5:48 abuse or other violations related to
5:50 Federal contracts without fear of
5:53 retaliation these protections extend
5:55 even if the reported misconduct turns
5:58 out to be a false alarm as long as the
6:01 Whistleblower acted in good faith it's
6:02 important to maintain an environment
6:04 where employees can raise concerns
6:07 freely without fear of Retribution
6:09 ensuring transparency and integrity in
6:11 the procurement
6:13 process all right fine but stop with the
6:17 good fate everyone is fine look at
6:27 morons wow he's going out pretty deep
6:29 he's a company it's business it's called
6:32 capitalism laws don't attack them like
6:33 they do the government I don't think
6:35 that's correct look at him Brody he's
6:37 living his best life what kind of
6:40 trouble can companies get into uh a lot
6:42 any sort of practice that eliminates or
6:45 restrains competition unfairly yeah
6:48 listen I need this contract I'll get it
6:50 at any cost I'll get the start
6:54 low for example companies can engage in
6:55 something called buying in they start
6:58 low just to get the contract and then
6:59 they bump up their prices after the
7:02 award they can also engage in antitrust
7:05 Rules by engaging in collusive pricing
7:07 that's when there's multiple vendors who
7:10 are secretly agreeing to fix raise or
7:12 maintain prices undermining Fair
7:15 competition in the bidding process yeah
7:16 yeah listen that's why I'm talking to
7:18 you as a competitor maybe there's a way
7:25 prices they can also offer Kickbacks
7:27 which are when a contractor secretly
7:29 provides money or favors to a government
7:31 government official in exchange for
7:34 awarding or favoring their contract I
7:54 while looks like this will be his last kickback
8:07 this new headquarters Cent yeah all
8:10 right I'll lead you to it all way back
8:16 office Mr Brody barbar driveus I'm an
8:18 Ethics adviser sent to your town I've
8:20 studied your attacks and what we're
8:22 working with is actually incredible this
8:24 is the largest I've seen look at the
8:26 size of the laws attacking your office
8:28 this thing is a crossbreed between the
8:29 joint ethics regulation and the Cod of
8:31 business ethics this is an Ethics
8:34 advisor's dream yeah well thanks for
8:36 your help but I can't handle laws in a
8:39 way that slows our operations down look
8:42 M dfus we're a fast Contracting Office
8:45 we're known for our speed Sheriff you
8:47 can prevent laws attacks and still move
8:50 fast we won't stop Contracting it's the
8:53 Contracting that will save us and this
8:54 this will help guide us on the right
8:57 path now let's get out there out
9:01 there with this is this little training
9:03 going to protect us from the bribery the
9:06 Kickbacks the price collusion oh there's
9:09 been price Collision oh yeah yeah
9:12 whistleblower retaliation disclosure of
9:15 procurement data personal conflicts of
9:17 interest you're going to need a bigger
9:20 book Federal acquisition regulation this
9:23 is what we need specifically part three
9:25 improper business practices personal
9:28 conflicts of interest here look okay I
9:30 see everything we've been dealing with
9:32 is in this part whistleblower
9:34 protections employment opportunities
9:38 contingent fees antitrust practices
9:41 personal conflicts of interest
9:44 exactly who is this oh this is Captain
9:47 qup he's going to take us out deep so
9:50 this a defeat laws
9:53 no but it will prevent their
9:56 attacks laws will always be out there
9:58 circling we just need to learn how to
10:10 wait stop I see something not
10:13 laws a gift
10:15 basket yeah see those all the time out
10:18 here floating around just ignore them
10:20 yeah looks like this one has candy
10:24 pecans candy pecans I love candy pong
10:54 too it's a pink slip notice of
10:57 termination Captain's gone that is
11:00 covered in Far subart 3 two contractor
11:02 gratuities to government Personnel
11:04 contractor gratuities to government
11:05 employees are unauthorized gifts or
11:08 favors given by contractors to influence
11:10 government officials decisions regarding
11:13 contracts I'm going to add Clause
11:17 52203 so that this doesn't happen
11:20 again okay we should start seeing less
11:22 of these baskets floating around now all
11:24 right let's take laws head on you have the
11:25 the
11:27 chum you mean this bucket of
11:29 inappropriate work emails throw one in
11:37 us okay this one's for my assistant uh
11:39 Chuck after this award is out let's talk
11:42 about your career I've got a great vice
11:44 president position waiting for
11:46 you uh inappropriate employment
11:48 opportunities Contracting is acting
11:51 unethical again third
11:53 in I'm adding a clause requiring
11:55 contractor to have their own code of
11:56 business ethics within 30 days of
12:00 contract award Clause 52
12:03 22033 this is sharpening contractors up
12:05 what else okay this is from a contractor
12:08 doing procurement help with us hey man I
12:09 was in a meeting with the government and
12:11 have a spreadsheet of detailed budget
12:13 info this could help us win another
12:17 award who was it this was Pat personal
12:19 conflicts of interest I'll use the far Clause
12:21 Clause
12:24 52203 D16 this will require contractors
12:26 to prevent employees from having
12:27 personal conflicts of interest that
12:29 could compromise their impartial reality
12:42 [Music]
12:45 contracts it's too much we have to stop
12:47 laws is going to bring us down all right
13:10 [Applause]
13:13 can't believe you pulled it off but how
13:14 good Contracting Clauses and awareness
13:17 of the rules that's right we can still
13:20 swim fast in deep Waters Reckless does
13:22 not mean fast and careful does not mean
13:26 slow but better continuous education
13:28 will make them safer swimmers if only
13:30 there was a resource that is
13:32 entertaining funny and also helps keep
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