S.L. 601.03 · Part I · General Provisions
Regulation 40. Confidentiality
Principles Underlying the Procurement Process
(1) Subject to the obligations established under these regulations and, or any other law obliging the Director, the contracting authority and the Ministerial Procurement Unit to disclose information, a contracting authority, the Director or the Sectoral Procurement Directorate shall not disclose information forwarded to it by economic operators which they have designated as confidential, including, but not limited to, technical or trade secrets and the confidential aspects of tenders.
(2) Without prejudice to the other provisions of these regulations, the following information shall not be considered as confidential:
(a) the name of the bidders and the individual names of the members of a group of economic operators who submitted a particular tender;
(b) the name of the sub-contractors;
(c) documentation submitted by economic operators attesting that they comply with selection criteria; and
(d) technical information which is already made available in public.
(3) Contracting authorities may impose on economic operators requirements aimed at protecting the confidential nature of information which the contracting authorities make available throughout the procurement procedure.
Amended byL.N. 56 of 2021
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