1. (a) All documents or other records submitted to Central Purchasing are subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Information marked Confidential by a bidder will still be disclosed to the extent permitted under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The only items that will be held confidential from disclosure must go through the process in Section (b) below.
2. (b) If a bid contains information that the bidder considers confidential, the bidder shall:
3. (1) specifically identify what information is confidential;
4. (2) enumerate the specific grounds, based on applicable laws which support treatment of the material as exempt from disclosure, and explain why disclosure is not in the best interest to the public if the information is incorporated into an awarded contract; and
5. (3) submit all such information considered confidential either under separate cover or copied in a separate section of the bid as required. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the decision to not consider bidder's confidential claim. The acquiring agency has no responsibility to look outside the required section of a bid for portions claimed as confidential and an entire bid will not be considered confidential in any event.

Added at 31 Ok Reg 1526, eff 9-12-14

Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1633, eff 9-13-19

Amended at 38 Ok Reg 631, eff 1-20-21 (emergency)

Amended at 38 Ok Reg 1870, eff 9-11-21

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 21, effective 10-1-25

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 21, effective 10-1-25