Prohibited State Contractors and Prospective State Contractors Lists

According to General Statutes § 9-612(g) (1), every month, every state agency and quasi-public agency must prepare and provide to SEEC lists of vendors (and prospective vendors) who have, or may apply for, contracts with those agencies. From these lists, SEEC compiles a master list of state contractors and prospective state contractors. This is important for the application of campaign finance law because certain people at these companies have statutory prohibitions on contributing and soliciting to some committees.

These lists are compiled by SEEC in order that campaigns may know which employers are considered to be state contractors; for contributors to know if the companies for which they work may create prohibitions on their political activity; and for the public to know which companies have large contracts with the state (or are pre-qualified for such contracts). In Connecticut, businesses cannot make contributions to candidates or parties, but, generally, the people who work for them may. However, some state contractors, who are employers, have large enough contracts that certain people who work for them (principals) have prohibitions on contributing to, and soliciting for, certain committees, such as committees who participate in the CEP, party committees, and some political committees.

Please Note: Candidates participating in the Citizens' Election Program may not accept contributions from principals of state contractors on any of these lists. These lists are compiled from reports of vendors (and prospective vendors) as submitted by the agencies monthly and should not be considered to be exhaustive. In other words, just because a company does not appear on a list does not mean that the company is not a state contractor or prospective state contractor.