Arizona Administrative Code
Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 7 - Department of Administration State Procurement Office
Article 3 - SOURCE SELECTION AND CONTRACT FORMATION
Part C - COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS
Section R2-7-C306 - Receipt, Opening, and Recording of Offers

A. An agency chief procurement officer shall maintain a record of offers received for each solicitation and shall record the time and date when an offer is received. The agency chief procurement officer shall store each unopened offer in a secure place until the offer due date and time. When practical, an agency chief procurement officer should use the eProcurement system for this process.

B. A purchasing agency may open an offer to identify the offeror. If this occurs, the agency chief procurement officer shall record the reason for opening the offer, the date and time the offer was opened, and the solicitation number. The agency chief procurement officer shall secure the offer and retain it for public opening.

C. The agency chief procurement officer shall open offers after the offer due date and time. The agency chief procurement officer shall record the name of each offeror and any other relevant information as determined by the agency chief procurement officer. The agency chief procurement officer shall make the record of offers available for public viewing.

D. Except for the information identified in subsection (C), the agency chief procurement officer shall ensure that information contained in the offer remains confidential until contract award and is shown only to those persons assisting in the evaluation process.