Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 731 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Division 5 - PUBLIC CONTRACT RULES; HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS
Section 731-005-0600 - Receipt, Opening, and Recording of Offers

(1) Receipt. ODOT shall electronically or mechanically time-stamp or hand-mark each Offer and any modification upon receipt, or provide a self-time-stamping device for use by Offerors for these purposes. ODOT shall not open the Bid Price Offer or modification upon receipt, but shall maintain it as confidential and secure until Opening. If ODOT inadvertently opens a Bid or a modification prior to the Opening, ODOT shall return the Bid or modification to its secure and confidential state until Opening. ODOT shall document the resealing for the procurement file (e.g. "Contracting Agency inadvertently opened the Offer due to improper identification of the Offer").

(2) Opening and recording. ODOT shall publicly open Bid including any modifications made to the Offer pursuant to OAR 731-005-0590. To the extent practicable, ODOT shall read aloud the name of each Bidder, the total of each Bid, and such other information as ODOT considers appropriate.

(3) Availability. After Opening, ODOT shall make Bids available for public inspection. In any event, ODOT may withhold from disclosure those portions of an Offer that the Offeror designates as trade secrets or as confidential proprietary data in accordance with applicable law. See ORS 192.345(2); 646.461 to 646.475. To the extent ODOT determines such designation is not in accordance with applicable law, ODOT shall make those portions available for public inspection. The Offeror shall separate information designated as confidential from other non-confidential information at the time of submitting its Offer. Prices, makes, model or catalog numbers of items offered, scheduled delivery dates, and terms of payment are not confidential, and shall be publicly available regardless of an Offeror's designation to the contrary.