Appendix F.docx

This document is an Appendix F form for the County of Santa Clara's Behavioral Health Services Department in response to RFSQ-BHS-FY23-0225, which solicits proposals for a Behavioral Health Treatment Facility Continuum of Care. The form serves as a template for offerors to designate sections of their proposals that they believe should be treated as confidential under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). The document provides a structured table with numbered items (1-12) where offerors can list specific page numbers and corresponding sections they wish to keep confidential, along with explanations or legal justifications for the requested exemptions. Offerors are required to provide the legal basis for their confidentiality requests under Government Code section 6250 et seq., and they must print or type their name, provide an authorized signature, include their offeror name, and date the form.

The document establishes strict guidelines regarding confidentiality claims, explicitly prohibiting offerors from marking their entire response as confidential or proprietary without specific identification of pages and sections with corresponding legal reasoning. The County reserves the right to disclose information if the stated explanation does not fall under an approved CPRA exemption, regardless of the offeror's confidentiality request. Additionally, offerors have the option to indicate via checkbox if they are not requesting any exemptions under the CPRA. The County clarifies that if an offeror does not list any requested exemptions, the entire response will be treated as public information subject to disclosure in accordance with applicable law.