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What Is Confidentiality in Procurement (Geheimhaltung, Germany)?
This is a German procurement term. The obligation not to disclose confidential information from the procedure.
What must a bidder keep confidential?
Everything in the tender documents marked as confidential, and in security-relevant procurements all documents. Bidders are often required to sign a confidentiality declaration.
What does the buyer keep confidential?
The bids until opening, and the bidders' trade secrets throughout and after the procedure. Prices are disclosed only in the limited cases the rules allow.
Can a bidder see competitors' bids?
No. Even in a review procedure, access to the file excludes the other bidders' trade secrets.
