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b) There are no undisclosed persons or entItIes interested with the Contractor in this Agreement. This Agreement is entered into by the Contractor without any connection with any other entity or person making a proposal for the same purpose, and without collusion, fraud or conflict of interest. No elected or appointed officer or official, director, employee, agent or other consultant of the City, or of the State of Florida (including elected and appointed members of the legislative and executive branches of government), or member of the immediate family or household of any of the aforesaid: i) is interested on behalf of or through the Contractor directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in the execution or the performance of this Agreement, or in the services, supplies or work, to which this Agreement relates or in any portion of the revenues; or ii) is an employee, agent, advisor, or consultant to the Contractor, or to the best of the Contractor's knowledge, any supplier to the Contractor. c) Neither the Contractor nor any officer, director, employee, agency, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of the Contractor shall have an interest which is in conflict with the Contractor's faithful performance of its obligations under this Agreement; provided that the City, in its sole discretion, may consent in writing to such a relationship, and provided the Contractor provides the City with a written notice, in advance, which identifies all the individuals and entities involved and sets forth in detail the nature of the relationship and why it is in the City's best interest to consent to such relationship. d) The provisions of this Article are supplemental to, not in lieu of, all applicable laws with respect to conflict of interest. In the event there is a difference between the standards applicable under this Agreement and those provided by statute, the stricter standard shall apply. e) In the event Contractor has no prior knowledge of a conflict of interest as set forth above and acquires information which may indicate that there may be an actual or apparent violation of any of the above, Contractor shall promptly bring such information to the attention of the City's Project Manager. Contractor shall thereafter cooperate with the City's review and investigation of such information, and comply with the instructions Contractor receives from the Project Manager in regard to remedying the situation. ARTICLE 37. PRESS RELEASE OR OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Under no circumstances shall the Contractor, its employees, agents, and suppliers, without the express written consent of the City: a) Issue or permit to be issued any press release, advertisement or literature of any kind which refers to the City, or the Work being performed hereunder, unless the Contractor first obtains the written approval of the City. Such approval may be withheld if for any reason the City believes that the publication of such information would be harmful to the public interest or is in any way undesirable; and b) Communicate in any way with any contractor, department, board, agency, councilor other organization or any person whether governmental or private in connection with the Services to be performed hereunder except upon prior written approval and instruction of 52