4-[DCS IT Maintenance and Operations Services] Attachment 3 - BPM004453 Confidential Information-Signature Page.pdf

This document is an Attachment 3: Confidential Information form for Solicitation No. BPM004453, issued by the State of Arizona's Department of Child Safety, Office of Procurement & Contracts. The document is completed by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), located in Armonk, New York, for a DCS IT Maintenance and Operations Services contract.

The form is specifically designed to designate and protect trade secret or confidential information within the solicitation response. IBM has marked the document indicating that their response contains trade secret information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that derives independent economic value from not being generally known and is subject to reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy. The document outlines the process for protecting proprietary information during the state procurement process, with provisions for review and potential disclosure by the state procurement administrator.