Attachment_E_Proprietary_Agreement.pdf

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Third Party Greenhouse Gas Reporting Verification
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2025-PURB RFP-0053
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Sacramento County, San Francisco City, California

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This document is a Proprietary Information Agreement between the County of Sacramento and an unnamed consultant, designed to protect confidential data submitted in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) with the solicitation number 2025-PURB-RFP-0053. The agreement outlines the terms under which the county may handle proprietary information, including restrictions on disclosure, reproduction, and distribution of the consultant's confidential data.

The agreement provides specific protections for the consultant, including that the county will not disclose the proprietary data to outside parties without authorization, except as necessary to evaluate the proposal or provide contracted services. The consultant agrees to defend and indemnify the county against any actions resulting from attempts to access the confidential information, such as subpoenas or Public Records Act requests. The county retains sole discretion in determining whether to assert confidentiality claims, and if the consultant fails to execute the agreement, the county may freely grant public records requests related to the proprietary data.

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PROPRIETARY INFORMATION | 2025-PURB-RFP-0053

ATTACHMENT E

WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY FOR

RELEASE OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO AND

(CONSULTANT)

CONSULTANT, _______________________________________________,

has provided the County of Sacramento (hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY") with certain information claimed by the CONSULTANT to be proprietary and/or confidential information (hereinafter referred to as "Proprietary Data"). Submittal of Proprietary Data by CONSULTANT to Agency is, in CONSULTANT'S opinion, necessary to fully respond to a Request for Proposal issued by COUNTY. CONSULTANT and COUNTY agree for a period of ___ years as follows:

1. The Proprietary Data is submitted to COUNTY based on the understanding that the COUNTY will not disclose such data to others outside the COUNTY, nor reproduce the contents of said Proprietary Data or provide copies thereof to others outside the COUNTY without authorization from CONSULTANT or as otherwise required by law. CONSULTANT claims proprietary/confidential rights in the contents of the Proprietary Data as a basis for preventing disclosure of the contents thereof to others.

2. The COUNTY may make such disclosure or reproduction of the Proprietary Data as is reasonably necessary or convenient to evaluate the response to the Request for Proposal and/or to provide, monitor and evaluate the services subject to the Request for Proposal.

3. Except as provided in Paragraph 2 above, if any person serves a subpoena or makes a Public Records Act request to review, or to be provided with, copies of the Proprietary Data or any part thereof, immediately upon notification thereof, CONSULTANT agrees to defend and indemnify the COUNTY and its officers, agents and employees against any action resulting from the COUNTY asserting the confidentiality of such Proprietary Data.

4. CONSULTANT shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless COUNTY, its

Board of Supervisors, officers, directors, agents, employees, and volunteers from and against any and all demands, claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION | 2025-PURB-RFP-0053 and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting from the performance of this Agreement, regardless of whether caused by a party indemnified hereunder.

5. If CONSULTANT fails to execute this Agreement, the COUNTY, its officers, agents, and employees shall be free to grant a Public Records Act request relating to such Proprietary Data.

6. Notwithstanding this Agreement, the COUNTY reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not it will assert the claim of confidentiality on behalf of the CONSULTANT.

EXECUTED on this _____ day of _________________, 20__, in

By: _____________________________________

CONSULTANT

Title: _____________________________________

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