Section 3-122-30 - Receipt, opening, and recording of bids(a) Upon its receipt, each bid and modification shall be time-stamped but not opened and shall be stored in a secure place by the procurement officer until the time and date set for opening. Purchasing agencies may use other methods of receipt when approved by the procurement officer.(b) Bids and modifications shall be opened publicly, in the presence of one or more witnesses, at the time, date, and place designated in the invitation for bids. (1) The name of each bidder, the bid price(s), and other information as is deemed appropriate by the procurement officer or the procurement officer's designated representative, shall be read aloud or otherwise made available. If practicable, the information shall also be recorded at the time of opening; that is, the bids shall be tabulated or a bid abstract made;(2) The name(s) and address(es) of the required witnesses shall also be recorded at the opening.(c) The opened bids shall be available for public inspection at the time of opening except to the extent that the bidder designates trade secrets or other proprietary data to be confidential subject to subsection (d).(d) The procurement officer or the procurement officer's designated representative, shall examine the bids to determine the validity of any requests for nondisclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary data identified in writing. (1) If the parties do not agree as to the disclosure of data, the procurement officer or the procurement officer's designated representative shall inform the bidders present at the opening that the material designated for nondisclosure pursuant to section 3-122-21 shall be subject to written determination by the respective attorney general or corporation counsel for confidentiality in accordance with chapter 92F, HRS; (A) If the attorney general or corporation counsel determines in writing that the material so designated as confidential is subject to disclosure, the bidder submitting the material under review and other bidders who were present at the opening shall be so notified in writing and the material shall be open to public inspection unless the bidder protests under chapter 3-12 6;(B) When a purchasing agency denies a person access to a state procurement record, the person may appeal the denial to the office of information practices in accordance with section 92F-42(12), HRS;(2) The prices, makes and models, or catalogue numbers of items offered, deliveries, and terms of payment shall be publicly available at the time of opening regardless of any designation to the contrary. (d) Bids shall be unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction, except as allowed in sections 3-122-16.08 and 3-122-31.[Eff 12/15/95; am and comp 11/17/97; am and comp MAR 21 2008] (Auth: HRS §§ 92F-42, 103D-202) (Imp: HRS §§ 92F-42, 103D-302)