R2-7-103. Confidential Information

A. If a person wants to assert that a person’s offer, specification, or protest contains a trade secret or other proprietary information, a person shall include with the submission a statement supporting this assertion. A person shall clearly designate any trade secret and other proprietary information, using the term “confidential”. Contract terms and conditions, pricing, and information generally available to the public are not considered confidential information under this Section. B. Until a final determination is made under subsection (C), an agency chief procurement officer shall not disclose information designated as confidential under subsection (A) except to those individuals deemed by an agency chief procurement officer to have a legitimate state interest. C. Upon receipt of a submission, an agency chief procurement officer shall make one of the following written determinations: 1. The designated information is confidential and the agency chief procurement officer shall not disclose the information except to those individuals deemed by the agency chief procurement officer to have a legitimate state interest; 2. The designated information is not confidential; or 3. Additional information is required before a final confidentiality determination can be made. D. If an agency chief procurement officer determines that information submitted is not confidential, a person who made the submission shall be notified in writing. The notice shall include a time period for requesting a review of the determination by the state procurement administrator. E. An agency chief procurement officer may release information designated as confidential under subsection (A) if: 1. A request for review is not received by the state procurement administrator within the time period specified in the notice; or 2. The state procurement administrator, after review, makes a written determination that the designated information is not confidential.