{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-715","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-715","heading":"Submission of bids, proposals, or offers - Investigation","body":"of vendors – Disclosures – Restrictions on entry into contracts –\n\nGifts, loans, etc.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission shall investigate the\n\nfinancial responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery\n\nsystem vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or\n\noffer as part of a major procurement. At the time of submitting\n\nsuch bid, proposal, or offer to the Commission, the Commission may\n\nrequire the following items:\n\n1. A disclosure of the name and address of the vendor and, as\n\napplicable, the names and addresses of the following:\n\na. if the vendor is a corporation, the officers,\n\ndirectors, and each stockholder of the corporation.\n\nIn the case of owners of equity securities of a\n\npublicly traded corporation, only the names and\n\naddresses of those known to the corporation to own\n\nbeneficially five percent (5%) or more of such\n\nsecurities need be disclosed,\n\nb. if the vendor is a trust, the trustee and all persons\n\nentitled to receive income or benefits from the trust,\n\nc. if the vendor is an association, the members,\n\nofficers, and directors, and\n\nd. if the vendor is a partnership, limited liability\n\ncompany or joint venture, all of the general partners,\n\nlimited partners, members or joint venturers;\n\n2. A disclosure of all the states and jurisdictions in which\n\nthe vendor does business and the nature of the business for each\n\nsuch state or jurisdiction;\n\n3. A disclosure of all the states and jurisdictions in which\n\nthe vendor has contracts to supply gaming goods or services,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, lottery goods and services, and the\n\nnature of the goods or services involved for each such state or\n\njurisdiction;\n\n4. A disclosure of all the states and jurisdictions in which\n\nthe vendor has applied for, has sought renewal of, has received, has\n\nbeen denied, has pending, or has had revoked a lottery or gaming\n\nlicense of any kind or had fines or penalties assessed to the\n\nlicense, contract, or operation of the vendor and the disposition of\n\nsuch in each such state or jurisdiction. If any lottery or gaming\n\nlicense or contract has been revoked or has not been renewed or any\n\nlottery or gaming license or application has been either denied or\n\nis pending and has remained pending for more than six (6) months,\n\nall of the facts and circumstances underlying the failure to receive\n\nsuch a license shall be disclosed;\n\n5. A disclosure of the details of any finding, conviction, or\n\nadjudication of guilt of the vendor, or a person named pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to\n\nsuch vendor, in a state or federal court for any felony or any other\n\ncriminal offense other than a traffic violation. If the vendor, or\n\na person named pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this\n\nsubsection with respect to such vendor, is awaiting sentencing on a\n\nplea of guilt or nolo contendere to a felony or any other criminal\n\noffense other than a traffic violation, disclosure of the details of\n\nany such plea shall also be made pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nparagraph;\n\n6. A disclosure of the details of any bankruptcy, insolvency,\n\nreorganization, or corporate or individual purchase or takeover of\n\nanother corporation, including bonded indebtedness, or any pending\n\nlitigation of the vendor, or a person named pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to such\n\nvendor; and\n\n7. Such additional disclosures and information as the\n\nCommission may determine to be appropriate for the procurement\n\ninvolved.\n\nAll disclosures provided by this section shall be furnished to\n\nthe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at least fourteen (14)\n\ndays prior to the awarding of the contract and any analysis of the\n\ndisclosures provided by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation\n\nshall be considered by the Commission.\n\nfor the procurement\n\ninvolved.\n\nAll disclosures provided by this section shall be furnished to\n\nthe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at least fourteen (14)\n\ndays prior to the awarding of the contract and any analysis of the\n\ndisclosures provided by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation\n\nshall be considered by the Commission.\n\nIf at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of the\n\ncontract of a vendor is subcontracted, the vendor shall disclose all\n\nof the information required by this subsection for the subcontractor\n\nas if the subcontractor were itself a vendor.\n\nB. A lottery procurement contract shall not be entered into\n\nwith any lottery system vendor who has not complied with the\n\ndisclosure requirements described in subsection A of this section,\n\nand any contract with such a vendor is voidable at the option of the\n\nCommission. Any contract with a vendor who does not comply with the\n\nrequirements for periodically updating the disclosures during the\n\ntenure of contract as may be specified in the contract may be\n\nterminated by the Commission. The provisions of this section shall\n\nbe construed broadly and liberally to achieve the ends of full\n\ndisclosure of all information necessary to allow for a full and\n\ncomplete evaluation by the Commission of the competence, integrity,\n\nbackground, and character of vendors for major procurements.\n\nC. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into with\n\nany vendor if the vendor or a person associated with the vendor\n\nnamed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of subsection A of\n\nthis section has been found guilty of a felony related to the\n\nsecurity or integrity of the lottery in this or any other\n\njurisdiction, or is awaiting sentencing on a plea of guilt or nolo\n\ncontendere to the same type of felony.\n\nD. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into with\n\nany vendor that has an ownership interest in an entity that had\n\nsupplied consultation services under contract to the Commission\n\nregarding the request for proposals pertaining to those particular\n\ngoods or services.\n\nE. No lottery system vendor nor any applicant for a major\n\nprocurement contract may pay, give, or make any economic\n\nopportunity, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, favor,\n\nhospitality, or service, to the executive director, any member of\n\nthe board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, or any\n\nemployee of the Commission, or to any person related to any such\n\nperson within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"29ce7d712d2e929ea9880551cc311264ebc518e0a51b06a7d46aed5dc631a5fb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-714","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-716"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}