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for public use involving the creation ofpublic-private partnerships shall be as adopted by the city council on December 14, 2010, and set out in the document entitled "Public- Private Education and Infrastructure Act of 2002 -Guidelines of the City of Portsmouth (December, 2010)". A copy of said procedures shall be maintained on file for public review and copying in the city purchasing office and also on the city's website. 30. Division 7. -Debarment of Article V of Chapter 12 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006), which consists of Sections 12-291, 12-292, 12-293, 12-294, and 12-295, is hereby moved, and the existing sections of Division 7 are hereby renumbered to Sections 12-310, 12-311, 12-312, 12-313, and 12-314, and are further amended as and to the extent set forth in pertinent part below: DIVISION 7. -DEBARMENT Sec. 12-31Q~. -Debarment authorized. The purchasing administrator may, in his discretion and for the purposes of protecting the integrity of the city's procurement process, debar a contractor for any of the causes in section 12-311, using the procedures in section 12-312, and with the right of appeal as set forth in section 12-313. The purpose of debarment is to protect the city and its taxpayers from risks associated with awarding contracts to persons or firms that have exhibited an inability or unwillingness to fulfill contractual requirements, and to protect the integrity of the city's procurement process by preventing individuals or firms who have displayed improper conduct or unsatisfactory performance from participating in competition for city contracts. Prospective contractors may be debarred from contracting for particular-- €R~}~PST4~'~-i3h}tkl t-~ t- -- Y---Y i~nrt 4n '41, t1. '~ a ~'~ OOd$ ~ g 3 services, insurance or construction for specified periods of time whether or not actually bidding on a proposed contract at the time. Debarment of a contractors shall include any other business entity with substantially the same principals or owners as a debarred contractor. Sec. 12-311. -Causes for debarment. Sec. 12- 1~2~3. -Procedures for debarment. (a) If the purchasing administrator concludes that there is cause under section 12-311 for debarring a contractor, he may in his discretion debar the contractor using the 23