Can copies of contracts with consultants, engineers or other contractors be released in response to a FOIP request?
• Not entirely. Copies of contracts can be disclosed after they have been awarded on the premise that the public has the right to know who has been engaged to do work for the institution and how much is being paid for the work. • However, some information in the contract, or in supplementary documentation, must be withheld if it meets the three-part test in section 16 for harm to business interests of the contractor. • Information may also be withheld if the institution can show that its disclosure could reasonably harm its economic interests, result in financial loss or interfere with negotiations (section 25). Examples of such information might include unit pricing, actual wages paid to employees of the contractor or proprietary information (e.g. trade secrets).
• Not entirely. Copies of contracts can be disclosed after they have been awarded on the premise that the public has the right to know who has been engaged to do work for the institution and how much is being paid for the work. • However, some information in the contract, or in supplementary documentation, must be withheld if it meets the three-part test in section 16 for harm to business interests of the contractor. • Information may also be withheld if the institution can show that its disclosure could reasonably harm its economic interests, result in financial loss or interfere with negotiations (section 25). Examples of such information might include unit pricing, actual wages paid to employees of the contractor or proprietary information (e.g. trade secrets).
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- Can copies of contracts with consultants, engineers, contractors be released in response to a FOIP request?
