State Act
Section 264
Art. 264 – The following is expressly prohibited:– 1. Joint award of one item to more than one person; 2. To finalize, in group, more than one item in favour of only one individual, though he may offer greater advantage; 3. To accept a bidder who offers to provide some service by paying some sum to the comunidade (savanzonvom’); Sole § The following persons are disqualified to bid in the auctions, directly or through a third party. 1. The debtors to the comunidade or its subrogates, adjudged as such, or against whom action or execution proceedings are pending or even against whom a current account has been issued; 2. In the case of works and services, those who, by decision of the administrator, or the director of the Public Works and Transport or of any other entity, designated by the 73[Government], may have been disqualified to compete for execution of the works having given proofs of incompetence or to have used fraudulent means in the execution of contract works that may have been awarded or entrusted, or who may have been found to be defaulters for more than one time, due to deficiency in the works executed by them.