Further Contact. For further information or questions concerning coverage or acceptable forms, Contractors may contact the Purchasing Division or the department that issued the bid or the request for proposal. For general questions regarding Insurance Requirements, please contact Risk Management for the City or County. Data contained in any bid (hereinafter “Submission”) and all documentation provided therein, become the property of the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County. Upon receipt of any Submission by the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County, all data and documentation becomes a public record and is subject to disclosure by the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County to any party initiating a public records request under Nebraska Revised Statutes § 84-712 et seq. In response to a public records request, the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County may include the entire response. The City of Lincoln/Lancaster County has no duty to protect proprietary or commercial information and/or trade secrets. If the Bidder wishes to have any information withheld from a public records request, such information must fall within the definition of “proprietary or commercial information” contained within Nebraska Public Records Statutes as defined by Nebraska Revised Statute § 84-712.05(3) and/or must be considered “trade secrets” as defined by Nebraska Revised Statutes §§ 87-501 to 87-507. Any and all information the Bidder wishes the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County to withhold from public disclosure must be submitted in the City/County E-bid system as a Response Attachment with the following information: 1) Is clearly marked “proprietary or commercial information” and/or “trade secrets” on the title of the document and the file attached; 2) Individually identifies each separate page as confidential; 3) Contains supporting documentation specifically enumerating why the information in such documents are marked and qualify as proprietary or commercial information/trade secrets. Under Nebraska law, in order for such information to be protected, the information, if released, would give competitors an advantage and serve no public purpose.
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