MSH's business activities are at all times conducted in accordance with the following government regulations:

"A. During the conduct of any Federal agency procurement of property or services, no competing contractor or any officer, employee, representative, agent or consultant of any competing contractor shall knowingly:

  1. make, directly or indirectly, any offer or promise of future employment or business opportunity to, or engage directly or indirectly, in any discussion of future employment or business opportunity with any procurement officer of such agency;
     
  2. offer, give, or promise to offer or give, directly or indirectly, any money, gratuity, or other thing of value to any procurement official of such agency; or
     
  3. solicit or obtain, directly or indirectly, from any officer or employee of such agency, prior to the award of a contract any proprietary or source selection information regarding such.
     
B. During the conduct of any Federal agency procurement of property or services, no procurement official of such agency shall knowingly:
  1. solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any promise of future employment or business opportunity from, or engage, directly or indirectly, in any discussion of future employment or business opportunity with any officer, employee, representative, agent, or consultant of a competing contractor;
     
  2. ask for, demand, exact, solicit, seek, accept, receive, or agree to receive, directly or indirectly, any money, gratuity, or other thing of value from any officer, employee, representative, agent, or consultant of any competing contractor for such procurement; or
     
  3. disclose any proprietary or source selection information regarding such procurement directly or indirectly to any person other than a person authorized by the head of such agency or the contracting officer to receive such information.
C. No individual, who while serving as an officer or employee of the government or member of the Armed Forces, was a procurement official with respect to a particular procurement, may knowingly:
  1. participate in any manner, as an officer, employee, agent, or representative of a competing contractor, in any negotiations leading to the award, modification, or extension of a contract for such procurement; or
     
  2. participate personally and substantially on behalf of the competing contractor in the performance of such contract."