1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any information obtained by or disclosed to a public body in connection with a request or proposal pursuant to NRS 338.159 or 338.1591 or during the procurement or negotiation of a public-private partnership pursuant to NRS 338.1588 must be kept confidential until a notice of intent to award the contract, agreement or public-private partnership is issued, absent an administrative or judicial order requiring release or disclosure.

2. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a public body may exempt from release to the public any trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information included in a request or proposal submitted to the public body pursuant to subsection 1 if the submitter:

   1. (a) Specifies the portions of the proposal or other submission that the submitter considers to be trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information;
   2. (b) Invokes exclusion upon submission of the information or other materials for which protection is sought;
   3. (c) Identifies the data or other materials for which protection is sought with conspicuous labeling;
   4. (d) States the reasons why protection is necessary; and
   5. (e) Fully complies with all applicable state law with respect to information that the submitter contends should be exempt from disclosure.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3201)