Common use of CONFIDENTIAL/TRADE SECRET MATERIALS Clause in Contracts

CONFIDENTIAL/TRADE SECRET MATERIALS. a. Confidential, trade secret or proprietary materials as defined by the laws of the State of New York must be clearly marked and identified as such upon submission by the Bidder. Marking the Bid as “confidential” or “proprietary” on its face or in the document header or footer shall not be considered by the Commissioner or Authorized User to be sufficient without specific justification as to why disclosure of particular information in the Bid would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the Bidder. An entity intending to seek an exemption from disclosure of these materials under the Freedom of Information Law must request the exemption in writing, setting forth the reasons for the claimed exemption. The State’s receipt/acceptance of the claimed materials does not constitute a determination on the exemption request, which determination will be made in accordance with statutory procedures. Properly identified information that has been designated confidential, trade secret, or proprietary by the Bidder will not be disclosed except as may be required by the Freedom of Information Law or other applicable State and federal laws. b. As used in this Section, “Disclosing Party” means the State or an Authorized User when disclosing its Confidential Information (defined below) to the Contractor, or the Contractor when disclosing its Confidential Information to the State or an Authorized User, and “Receiving Party” means the State or an Authorized User when receiving disclosure of Confidential Information from the Contractor, or the Contractor when receiving disclosure of Confidential Information from the State or an Authorized User. “Confidential Information” means all confidential information disclosed by a party (the “Disclosing