4-BPM006639_Confidentiality_and_Trade_Secrets SAH.pdf

This document is Attachment 5 from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), titled "ADOT Confidentiality and Trade Secrets" for Solicitation No. BPM006639. The form is designed to allow vendors responding to a solicitation to designate certain submitted materials as confidential or containing trade secrets, in accordance with Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) regulations R2-7-103 and R2-7-101(52).

The document outlines a process for vendors to claim confidentiality of proprietary information submitted in a solicitation response. Specifically, vendors must certify whether their response contains trade secret information by meeting three criteria: 1) being a unique formula, pattern, compilation, or process, 2) deriving independent economic value from not being generally known, and 3) being subject to reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy. In this specific instance, the form is completed by Desert Archaeology, located in Tucson, Arizona, who has indicated that their response does not contain proprietary or trade secret information. The form allows the state to evaluate and potentially protect sensitive business information during the procurement process.