Business secrets are the property rights of enterprises, which are related to the competitiveness of enterprises, are crucial to the development of enterprises, and some even directly affect the survival of enterprises. Protecting trade secrets is to maintain fair competition. In government procurement, some links also need to be kept secret. The following article will specifically explain the links that need to be kept secret in government procurement.

1. Before the bidding deadline

Relevant personnel participating in the bidding shall not disclose to others the names and quantities of potential bidders who have obtained the bidding documents. The purpose of secrecy is for the fairness of government procurement. Once confidentiality is involved, it is likely to change the original competitive strategy and cause unfairness to other suppliers.

2. Review process

The buyer and the procurement agency shall take necessary measures to ensure that the review is conducted in strict confidentiality. Except the representatives of the Buyer and the personnel who organize the review site, other employees of the Buyer and personnel irrelevant to the review work are not allowed to enter the review site.

3. Before winning the bid

The list of bid evaluation experts shall be kept confidential before the results of winning the bid and closing the transaction are determined, so as to prevent individual suppliers from bribing bid evaluation experts to win the bid and closing the transaction. During the bidding process, members of the bid evaluation committee shall not participate in the bid opening activities to prevent information leakage of members of the bid evaluation committee.

4. Performance acceptance

In the process of performance acceptance, if the purchaser invites other bidders or third-party institutions to participate in the acceptance, it is necessary to formulate a clear and feasible acceptance plan and fully communicate with the winning bidder to ensure that the business password of the winning bidder will not be leaked during the acceptance.

5. The commercial secrets of the winning bidder shall not be disclosed in the contract announcement.

The government procurement contract shall be announced within 2 working days from the date of signing the contract. The part of the government procurement contract involving state secrets and commercial secrets shall not be made public, and other contents shall be made public. However, it should be noted that the name, specification, unit price and contract amount of the subject matter of the contract shall not be regarded as trade secrets.

6. Do not disclose the business secrets obtained by the parties concerned.

The bidding documents and response documents of suppliers may involve business secrets, and the business secrets of suppliers known by purchasers, procurement agencies and bid evaluation experts in government procurement activities shall be kept confidential. Disclosure of business secrets will bear legal responsibility according to law.

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