1-Attachment 1 - Proprietary Info Disclosure Form.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- RFP-2026-002
- Issued by
- Milwaukee County, Mattoon Village, Wisconsin
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This is a Proprietary Information Disclosure Form submitted by a respondent to Milwaukee County's Request for Proposal for Air Service Development Consulting and Related Market Research services for Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. The form allows vendors to designate specific pages of their proposal response as confidential material under Wisconsin Open Records Law, provided the information qualifies as a trade secret as defined in Wisconsin Statutes sections 19.36(5) and 134.90(1)(c). Trade secrets are protected only when they derive independent economic value from not being generally known and are subject to reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy. Respondents must specifically identify which pages they wish to keep confidential by section, page number, and topic on the form; failure to submit this form may result in all proposal information becoming subject to public examination and copying.
The form establishes that proposal pricing information cannot be kept confidential and will always become public information. Vendors requesting confidentiality must demonstrate that withheld information meets the statutory definition of a trade secret; other information cannot be protected unless it qualifies under this standard. The respondent agrees to indemnify and defend Milwaukee County against any legal challenges to confidentiality designations and to hold the County harmless from any costs or damages arising from the County's decision to withhold materials. The respondent also agrees that Milwaukee County will not be liable for damages resulting from the release of materials that are not specifically identified on this form as confidential.
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ATTACHMENT 1
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
DISCLOSURE FORM
The attached material submitted in response to the Request for Proposal includes proprietary and confidential information, which qualifies as a trade secret, as provided in s. 19.36(5), Wis. Stats. or is otherwise material that can be kept confidential under the Wisconsin Open Records Law. As such, we ask that certain pages, as indicated below, of this proposal response be treated as confidential material and not be released without our written approval.
Prices always become public information and therefore cannot be kept confidential.
Other information cannot be kept confidential unless it is a trade secret. Trade secret is defined in s. 134.90(1)(c).
Wis. Stats. as follows: “Trade Secret” means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process to which all of the following apply:
1. The information derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use.
2. The information is the subject of efforts to maintain its secrecy that are reasonable under the circumstances.
We request that the following pages not be released:
Section Page # Topic
IN THE EVENT THE DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS INFORMATION IS CHALLENGED, THE UNDERSIGNED HERBY AGREES TO PROVIDE LEGAL COUNSEL OR OTHER NECESSARY
ASSISTANCE TO DEFEND THE DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND AGREES TO HOLD
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HARMLESS FOR ANY COSTS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF MILWAUKEE
COUNTY’S AGREEMENT TO WITHHOLD THE MATERIALS.
Failure to include this form in the Request for Proposal may mean that all information provided as part of the proposal response will be open to examination and copying. Milwaukee County considers other markings of confidential in the proposal document to be insufficient. The undersigned agrees to hold Milwaukee County harmless for any damages arising out of the release of any materials unless they are specifically identified above.
Company Name __________________________________________________
Authorized Representative __________________________________________________
Signature __________________________________________________
Authorized Representative __________________________________________________
Type or Print Date ____________________________________
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