【正文】 s laws against fraud and corruption (including bribery), as listed in the bidding documents. As an example, such an undertaking might read as follows: “We undertake that, in peting for (and, if the award is made to us, in executing) the above contract, we will strictly observe the laws against fraud and corruption in force in the country of the [Purchaser] [Employer], as such laws have been listed by the [Purchaser] [Employer] in the bidding documents for this contract.” The Bank will accept the introduction of such undertaking at the request of the Borrowing country, provided the arrangements governing such undertaking are satisfactory to the Bank.Procurement Plan. As part of the preparation of the project the Borrower shall prepare and, before loan negotiations, furnish to the Bank for its approval, a Procurement Plan If the Project includes the selection of consulting services, the Procurement Plan should also include the methods for selection of consulting services in accordance with the Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers. The Bank will disclose the initial Procurement Plan to the public after the related loan has been approved。 and the “act or omission” is intended to influence the procurement process or contract execution. is any act or omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation。 nor does it permit a Borrower to disqualify any bidder for such reasons. Consequently, Borrowers should carry out due diligence on the technical and financial qualifications of bidders to be assured of their capabilities in relation to the specific contract. As exceptions to the foregoing:(a) Firms of a country or goods manufactured in a country may be excluded if, (i) as a matter of law or official regulation, the Borrower’s country prohibits mercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective petition for the supply of goods or works required, or (ii) by an act of pliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Borrower’s country prohibits any import of goods from, or payments to, a particular country, person, or entity. Where the Borrower’s country prohibits payments to a particular firm or for particular goods by such an act of pliance, that firm may be excluded.(b) A firm which has been engaged by the Borrower to provide consulting services for the preparation or implementation of a project, and any of its affiliates, shall be disqualified from subsequently providing goods, works, or services resulting from or directly related to the firm’s consulting services for such preparation or implementation. This provision does not apply to the various firms (consultants, contractors, or suppliers) which together are performing the contractor’s obligations under a turnkey or design and build contract. See para. .(c) Governmentowned enterprises in the Borrower’s country may participate only if they can establish that they (i) are legally and financially autonomous, (ii) operate under mercial law, and (iii) are not dependent agencies of the Borrower or SubBorrower. Other than Force Account units, as permitted under para. .(d) A firm declared ineligible by the Bank in accordance with subparagraph (d) of paragraph of these Guidelines or in accordance with the World Bank Group AntiCorruption policies For purposes of this subparagraph, the relevant World Bank Group AntiCorruption policies are set forth in the Guidelines On Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants, and in the Anticorruption Guidelines for IFC, MIGA, and World Bank Guarantee Transactions. shall be ineligible to be awarded a Bankfinanced contract during the period of time determined by the Bank.Advance Contracting and Retroactive Financing The Borrower may wish to proceed with the initial steps of procurement before signing the related Bank loan. In such cases, the procurement procedures, including advertising, shall be in accordance with the Guidelines in order for the eventual contracts to be eligible for Bank financing, and the Bank shall review the process used by the Borrower. A Borrower undertakes such advance contracting at its own risk, and any concurrence by the Bank with the procedures, documentation, or proposal for award does not mit the Bank to make a loan for the project in question. If the contract is signed, reimbursement by the Bank of any payments made by the Borrower under the contract prior to loan signing is referred to as retroactive financing and is only permitted within the limits specified in the Loan Agreement.Joint Ventures Any firm may bid independently or in joint venture confirming joint and several liability, either with domestic firms and/or with foreign firms, but the Bank does not accept conditions of bidding which require mandatory joint ventures or other forms of mandatory association between firms.Bank Review The Bank reviews the Borrower’s procurement procedures, documents, bid evaluations, award remendations, and contracts to ensure that the procurement process is carried out in accordance with the agreed procedures. These review procedures are described in Appendix 1. The Procurement Plan approved by the Bank See paragraphs . shall specify the extent to which these review procedures shall apply in respect of the different categories of goods and works to be financed, in whole or in part, from the Bank loan.Misprocurement The Bank does not finance expenditures for goods and works which have not been procured in accordance with the agreed provisions in the Loan Agreement and as further elaborated in the Procurement Plan. See paragraph . In such cases, the Bank will declare mis