republish the request for proposals. Offerors may not submit requests for exceptions and/or additions by reference to a vendor's website or URL. The District may refuse to negotiate exceptions and/or additions: 1. that are determined to be excessive; 2. that are inconsistent with similar contracts of the District; 3. to warranties, insurance, indemnification provisions that are necessary to protect the District after consultation with legal counsel; 4. where the request for proposals specifically prohibits exceptions and/or additions; or 5. that are not in the best interest of the District. If negotiations are permitted, the District may negotiate exceptions and/or additions with offerors, beginning in order with the offeror submitting the fewest exceptions and/or additions to the offeror submitting the greatest number of exceptions and/or additions. Contracts may become effective as negotiations are completed. If, in the negotiations of exceptions and/or additions with a particular offeror, an agreement is not reached, after a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the District, the negotiations may be terminated and a contract not awarded to that offeror and the District may move to the next eligible offeror. Utah Admin. Rules R33-7-104 (July 26, 2018) Submission of confidential information The following are protected records and may be redacted by the vendor subject to the procedures described below in accordance with the Governmental Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), Title 63G, Chapter 2 of the Utah Code: (a) trade secrets, as defined in Utah Code § 13-24-2; (b) commercial information or non-individual financial information (subject to the provisions of Utah Code § 63G-2-305(2); and (c) other protected records under GRAMA. Any person requesting that a record be protected shall include with the proposal or submitted document: 1. a written indication of which provisions of the proposal or submitted document are claimed to be considered for business confidentiality or protected (including trade secrets or other reasons for non-disclosure under GRAMA); and 2. a concise statement of the reasons supporting each claimed provision of business confidentiality or protected status. Utah Admin. Rules R33-7-105 (July 26, 2018) A person who complies with the above requirements shall be notified by the District prior to the public release of any information for which a claim of confidentiality has been asserted. Except as provided by court order, when the District or the State Records Committee has determined that disclosure is required for a record requested under GRAMA which is subject to a claim of business confidentiality, the District may not disclose that record until the period in which to bring an appeal expires or the end of the appeals process, including judicial appeal, is reached. This limitation does not apply where the claimant, after notice, has waived the claim by not appealing or intervening before the State Records Committee. To the extent allowed by law,
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