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Exhibit H – Key Contracting Persons Disclosure Statement Exhibit H
KEY CONTRACTING PERSONS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Identification of a Key Persons relationship does not prohibit contracting but allows the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to manage the contracting process with greater transparency. *
| Purchase Order |
| Contract Number |
Vendor:
KEY CONTRACTING PERSONS:
Texas Department of Agriculture policy defines “Key Persons” as those who have a reasonable expectation of participating in the solicitation, preparation, management, oversight, or enforcement of a contract. Participation is defined as having authority to make recommendations and decisions of serious import to the contracting process, whether or not that authority is exercised.
DISCLOSABLE RELATIONSHIP:
Texas Department of Agriculture defines a disclosable relationship as having done business with a Key Person within 2 calendar years prior to the deadline for responding to the agency’s solicitation, or as having a familial relationship with a Key Person.
DOING BUSINESS WITH:
For purposes of the Key Persons Disclosure a person or company responding to a formal solicitation has done business with a Key Person if within 2 years prior to the contract solicitation date, the person or company responding to the solicitation:
· Paid or received in money or valuable thing worth more than $500 in the aggregate in a calendar year, in exchange for personal services or the purchase of any property or property interest, either real or personal, either legal or equitable, or
· Loaned or received a loan of money or goods or otherwise created any legal obligation or debt with a value of more than $500 in the aggregate in a calendar year.
Any retail transaction for goods or services sold or provided to a Key Person at a posted, published, or marked price available to the public is not required to be disclosed under this Key Persons Disclosure policy.
*The agency cannot contract with a vendor if any of the following persons have a financial interest in the vendor’s business:
| · Commissioner |
| · Deputy Commissioner |
| · Assistant Commissioners |
| · General Counsel |
| · Chief Financial Officer |
| · Procurement Director |
| · Procurement Staff |
| · A family member related to a person listed above within the second degree of blood or marital relationship. |
Financial interest means a state agency employee or official who:
· owns or controls, directly or indirectly, at least 1% in the business, including the right to share in profits, proceeds, capital gains, or
· could reasonably foresee that a contract could result in a personal financial benefit.
TDA Key Persons
| Position Held |
| Person Holding Position |
| Deputy Commissioner |
| Terry Keel |
| Chief of Staff |
| Todd Smith |
| Administrator for Marketing & Public Outreach /Special Advisor to Chief of Staff |
| Craig Davis |
| Administrator for Marketing & Public Outreach (Legislative Affairs and Rural Health) |
| Frank Santos |
| Director of Communications |
| Daniel Isett |
| Director of Marketing |
| Courtney Goodson |
| Administrator for Biosecurity Enforcement and Road Stations |
| Raymundo Del Bosque |
| Assistant Commissioner, Food & Nutrition |
| Lena Wilson |
| General Counsel |
| Susan Maldonado |
| Assistant Commissioner for Finance/Chief Financial Officer |
| Marios Parpounas |
| Accounting Director |
| Samjhana KC |
| Budget Director |
| Stephanie Brown |
| Chief Information Officer |
| Chris Bunton |
| Director for Intergovernmental Relations |
| Reb Wayne |
| Director Internal Auditor |
| Anthony Tegbe |
| Information Technology Auditor |
| Adebayo “Larry” Odebunmi |
| Internal Auditors for Federal Programs |
| Ralph Disher |
| Internal Auditors for Federal Programs |
| Chinedu “Victor” Isoh |
| Internal Auditors for Federal Programs |
| Vacant |
| Lead Internal Auditor |
| Michael Karnes |
| Deputy General Counsel |
| Vacant |
| Lead Deputy General Counsel |
| Vacant |
| Deputy General Counsel / Ethics Officer |
| Susan Maldonado |
| Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement |
| David Castillo |
| Lead Assistant General Counsel |
| Susana Esparza |
| Lead Assistant General Counsel |
| John Gee |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Danielle Mitchell |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Lauren Diaz |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Liat DeVere |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Danielle Mitchell-Bender |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Xiangyun Li |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Nicole Simpson |
| Procurement & Contracting Office Director |
| Lisa Maldonado |
| Contract Administration Manager |
| Vacant |
| Contract Administration Manager |
| Alfredo Aguirre |
| Contract Administration Manager |
| Rhonda Gips |
| Contract Specialist |
| Vacant |
| VetHUB Marketing and Outreach Specialist |
| Vacant |
| Accounting Director |
| Vacant |
TDA Key Contracting Persons: Program Area Participants/ Procurement and Contracting
| Name |
| Participant Role |
| Division |
Select the response below that most accurately describes the relationship of the proposing company/team to TDA employees listed above.
| ☐ | Vendor is not doing business and has not done business during the 24-month period immediately prior to the date on which this proposal is due with any key person. |
| ☐ | Vendor is doing business or has done business during the 24-month period immediately prior to the date on which this proposal is due with the following key persons and attests that these listed below are the only such key persons. |
| 1. |
2.
3.
4.
5.
These named persons will not create a conflict of interest in the solicitation or contracting processes because:
SIGNATURE AND DATE
I hereby attest that all information provided is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I acknowledge my responsibility to submit promptly a new or amended disclosure statement if any of the above information changes during the course of the solicitation or contract if awarded to me or the company I represent.
| Printed Name |
| Company Represented |
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