Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA)

Article 9: SIPA Furnished Documents, Examination and Ownership  

A. With respect to any documents that SIPA is required to provide or does provide to the 

Contractor pursuant to this Contract, the Contractor shall exercise due care to ensure that 

such documents are sufficient for the performance of this Contract, and that they contain 

no manifest errors. The Contractor shall give SIPA written notice within fifteen (15) days 

of the event that it discovers any error, omission, or anomaly in any such document at any 

time.  

B. Any reports, studies, photographs, negatives, or other documents or drawings prepared 

by Contractor in the performance of its obligations under this Contract shall be the 

exclusive property of SIPA. The Contractor upon completion, termination, or 

cancellation of this contract shall deliver such materials to SIPA.  Contractor shall not 

use, willingly allow, or cause to have such materials used for any purpose other than the 

performance of Contractor s obligations under this contract without the prior written 

consent of SIPA.  

Article 10: Confidentiality  

Proprietary information for the purpose of this contract is information relating to a 

party's research, development, trade secrets, business affairs, internal operations and 

management procedures and those of its customers, clients or affiliates, but does not 

include information lawfully obtained by third parties, which is in the public domain, or 

which is developed independently. 

Neither party shall use or disclose directly or indirectly without prior written 

authorization any proprietary information concerning the other party obtained as a result 

of this contract. Any proprietary information removed from SIPA's site by the 

Contractor in the course of providing services under this contract will be accorded at 

least the same precautions as are employed by the Contractor for similar information in 

the course of its own business.  

A. The Contractor shall have the following obligations with respect to the information 

contained in this Contract, including any work package(s); any reports or work provided 

by the Contractor hereunder; all proprietary data; and any information supplied to the 

Contractor by or on behalf of SIPA in connection with this Contract that is identified as 

confidential at the time it is so supplied. Such identification shall be made or confirmed 

in writing.  

(1) The Contractor shall take all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of 

such information.  

(2) The Contractor agrees that it shall use such information solely in connection with this 

Contract, unless alternative uses are explicitly authorized by SIPA with respect to 

specifically designated information.  

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