Section 55, The Public Private Partnership Act, 2014

(1) A contracting authority, the Cabinet and the Unit shalltreat proposals in such a manner as to avoid the disclosure of commercially sensitive content to competing bidders, and any discussion, communication or negotiation between the contracting authority and a bidder shall be confidential, save for communications concerning the clarification of a request for submission of expressions of interest, a pre-selection bidding document or a request for (2) Unless required by law or by a court order or permitted by the request for proposals, a party to a negotiation shall not disclose to any other person any technical or financial matter or any other information in relation to any discussion, communication or negotiation submitted, received or done, as the case may be, under this Act, without the written consent of the other party.