1-ADOT Confidentiality and Trade Secrets.pdf

This document is an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Confidentiality and Trade Secrets Attachment for a solicitation (Solicitation No. BPM006654), completed by Earnhardt Ford Sales Company located in Chandler, Arizona. The form is designed to allow vendors to designate confidential or trade secret information within their solicitation response, with specific guidelines for how such information will be handled under Arizona public records law.

The document does not detail specific goods or services being procured, but instead provides a procedural framework for protecting proprietary information submitted as part of a government procurement process. The vendor (Earnhardt Ford Sales Company) has selected the option indicating their response does not contain proprietary or trade secret information, which means their entire response will become a public record in accordance with Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-7-C317. The form outlines the process by which the state will evaluate and potentially protect confidential information, including conditions under which trade secrets might be maintained and the rights of both the proposer and the state in managing such information.