- (a) All information and documentation whether Electronic, Written, or verbal relative to the development of a Solicitation for a proposed or pending Procurement shall be confidential, except as deemed necessary by the Purchaser to develop a complete contractual document. Such material shall remain confidential until the award of contract or action has been taken by the Purchasing Agency to cancel the Procurement.
- (b) All information and documentation relative to the development of a Specification shall be confidential until a contract is entered into by the Purchasing Agency and the Vendor in accordance with G.S. 143-52(a).
(c) Trade secrets, test data and similar proprietary information that the Vendor does not wish disclosed shall be identified as follows:
- (1) each page shall be identified in boldface at the top and bottom as "CONFIDENTIAL"; and
- (2) if only a portion of a page marked "CONFIDENTIAL" contains trade secret information, the trade secret information shall be designated with a contrasting color or by a box around such information.
- (d) Cost information shall not be confidential.
History Note: Authority G.S. 132-1.1; 133‑33; 143-52; 143‑53; 143‑60;
Eff. February 1, 1996;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 23, 2016;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2019.