Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-34

(b) Causes for such disqualification shall include the following:

(1) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, the commission of a criminal offense as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract;

(2) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, the violation of any state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a state contractor;

(3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, a violation of any state or federal antitrust, collusion or conspiracy law arising out of the submission of bids or proposals on a public or private contract or subcontract;

(4) Accumulation of two or more suspensions pursuant to section 4e-35 within a twenty-four-month period;

(5) A wilful, negligent or reckless failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more contracts or subcontracts, agreements or transactions with state contracting agencies;

(6) A history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance on one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions with state contracting agencies;

(7) A wilful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a contract, agreement or transaction with state contracting agencies;

(8) A wilful or egregious violation of the ethical standards set forth in sections 1-84 , 1-86e and 1-101nn , as determined by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board; or

(9) Any other cause or conduct the board determines to be so serious and compelling as to affect responsibility as a state contractor, including, but not limited to:

(A) Disqualification by another state for cause;

(B) The fraudulent or criminal conduct of any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with a contractor, bidder or proposer of such contractor, bidder or proposer, provided such conduct occurred in connection with the individual's performance of duties for or on behalf of such contractor, bidder or proposer and such contractor, bidder or proposer knew or had reason to know of such conduct;

(C) The existence of an informal or formal business relationship with a contractor who has been disqualified from bidding or proposing on state contracts of any state contracting agency.

(c) Upon written request by the affected state contractor, bidder or proposer, the State Contracting Standards Board may reduce the period or extent of disqualification for a contractor, bidder or proposer if documentation supporting any of the following reasons for modification is provided to the board by the contractor, bidder or proposer:

(1) Newly discovered material evidence;

(2) Reversal of the conviction upon which the disqualification was based;

(3) Bona fide change in ownership or management; or

(4) Elimination of other causes for which the disqualification was imposed.