2-BPM006737_Attachment VIII Designation of Conf.pdf

This document is Attachment VIII, a Designation of Confidential, Trade Secret & Proprietary Information form from the Arizona Department of Education for Solicitation No. BPM006737, related to the USDA Foods Management Software System. The document involves Cybersoft Technologies, Inc., a company based in Houston, TX, submitting a response to a state solicitation and designating certain aspects of their proposal as confidential or containing trade secrets.

The form focuses on the company's response to a solicitation for a software system, with the vendor (Cybersoft Technologies) indicating that their response contains trade secret information as defined by specific criteria: it includes a formula, pattern, compilation, or process that derives independent economic value from not being generally known, and is subject to efforts to maintain its secrecy. The document outlines the process for designating confidential information, with the company agreeing to indemnify the state during any evaluation of the confidentiality claim. The Vice President of Cybersoft Technologies, Bhaskar Patel, has signed the document, affirming the confidentiality designation for their USDA Foods Management Software System.