Respondents, Respondent Members and their respective Associates must not make contact with Project Stakeholders without the State's prior written consent.
Any State consent must be obtained in accordance with the process set out in this section 3.5 (Communication with Project Stakeholders).
Where a Respondent considers that it requires access to a Project Stakeholder, the Respondent must submit a detailed request to the State using the ITP Workshop Request Form (provided in Appendix 1 (ITP Request Forms) to this ITP Plan) via the Q&A Facility in the Data Room. Following receipt of an ITP Workshop Request Form, the State, in its absolute discretion, will determine whether to:
• facilitate the Respondent's enquiries with the relevant Project Stakeholder;
• invite the Project Stakeholder representatives to an ITP Workshop;
• permit the Respondent to contact the Project Stakeholder directly;
• attend any meeting with a Project Stakeholder; or
• decline the Respondent's request.
Where the State considers that consistent information be provided to all Respondents, the State may arrange a Project Stakeholder meeting to be attended by all Respondents.