2015-583-E HR - Job Ready Services workplace fitness for duty and functional capacity testing

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DocuSign Envelope ID:6E9B5308-6677-4F2E-9268-29D6E1A4FD76 f ORANGE COUNTY RETURN TO: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Debra C. Lord DEPARTMENT OF Job Ready Services, LLC DIVISION OF 2300 Westinghouse Blvd, Suite 107, Raleigh, NC 27604 DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The attached material submitted in response to Contract Proposal for Functional Employment Testing Services includes proprietary and confidential information which qualifies as a trade secret as provided in North Carolina General Statutes 132 — 1.2(i), or is otherwise material that can be kept confidential under the North Carolina Open Records Law. As such, we ask that certain pages, as indicated below, of this bid/proposal response be treated as confidential material and not be released without our written approval. Prices always become public information when bids/proposals are opened, and therefore cannot be kept confidential. Other information cannot be kept confidential unless it is a trade secret. Trade secret is defined in s 66— 152 (3)N.C. General Statutes, as follows: is "Trade secret" means business or technical information, including but not limited to a formula, pattern,program, device, compilation of information,method,technique, or process that: a. Derives independent actual or potential commercial value from not being generally known or readily ascertainable through independent development or reverse engineering by persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and I E# b. Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its r secrecy. i= i ; i We request that the following documents not be released. Document Page# Topic WorkSTEPS Test Guidance 1-33 WorkSTEPS Testing Documents Introductory Employer Packet 34-64 Sample Policy and New Employer Documents In the event the designation of confidentiality of this information is challenged, the undersigned Company will be notified and upon reasonable notice hereby agrees to provide legal counsel or other necessary assistance to defend the designation of confidentiality and agrees to hold the County harmless for any costs or damages arising out of the County's agreeing to withhold the materials.