Principle 6: Workshops are to adhere to confidentiality and intellectual property requirements

•  Commercial-in-confidence and intellectual property material will be treated appropriately by the State project team to ensure that Respondents' "competitive advantage" is protected. Although the design concepts to be presented by each Respondent will be different, the approach taken by the State will be to focus discussion on whether the design will achieve the State's requirements in relation to the RFP. Under no circumstances will any discussion of other Respondent's concepts, designs or proposals be permitted and the State's representatives in each ITP Workshop will be specifically briefed to ensure they do not inadvertently disclose information received from other Respondents

•  At the end of each ITP Workshop, the State will review the discussion and responses provided to the Respondent. Where the State Representative considers that information has been provided to a Respondent that was not included in the RFP, the relevant information will be circulated to Competing Respondents unless the State Representative considers it may breach confidentiality relating to the relevant Respondent's Proposal.