ATTACHMENT 07 Confidential Information List if applicable.docx

This is a Confidential Information List attachment for RFP 27-15 Sport Strategy Study - Green Fee Project issued by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), a state agency responsible for managing tourism in Hawaii. The attachment provides guidelines for offerors to identify and mark any portions of their proposals, offers, specifications, protests, or correspondence that should be withheld from disclosure under Hawaii Chapter 92F-13. The document establishes that price information itself is not considered confidential and will not be withheld from disclosure; however, actual costs or pricing information that would reveal competitors' profit margins and production costs may be designated as confidential. Offerors are required to submit a comprehensive list documenting all confidential information referenced within their proposals, including the document title, description, page numbers, and section numbers for each item claimed as confidential.

The attachment serves as a procedural tool to balance transparency requirements with protection of proprietary business information during the competitive bidding process. By requiring offerors to explicitly identify and justify confidential claims, the process ensures that only legitimately sensitive competitive information receives protection while maintaining public access to pricing and other non-proprietary proposal elements. This mechanism supports the HTA's data-driven approach to evaluating sports tourism strategies while respecting the confidentiality interests of bidding consultants.