Questions submitted by Respondents may be designated as containing confidential or proprietary information relevant to Respondents' Proposals. This must be communicated to the State as part of that question being raised. [Insert details on how questions are identified to the State by Respondents as containing confidential information.e.g. in the question subject line, through the question itself etc.]
If a Respondent is of the view that a question relates to confidential aspects of its Proposal, the Respondent may identify that question as such. If the State considers that the question or issue relates to confidential aspects of the Respondent's Proposal, the answer will not be made available to Competing Respondents. If, however, the State considers that the question or issue is not confidential, the State will advise the relevant Respondent, who will then have the option to withdraw the question (if applicable), refine the question and re-submit as confidential (subject to the State's re-assessment), or resubmit as a non-confidential question. The subsequent question and answer will be made available to all Respondents.