The purchaser may not communicate, subject to rights acquired by contract, confidential information of which he has become aware during the award procedure, such as information the disclosure of which would infringe business secrecy or information the disclosure of which could harm fair competition between economic operators, in particular the total amount or detailed price of tenders during the consultation.
However, the purchaser may ask economic operators to consent to the disclosure of certain confidential information which they have supplied and which is specifically designated.
The purchaser may impose on economic operators requirements designed to protect the confidentiality of the information which they communicate in the context of the procedure for awarding a contract.