Document

MO-1312

File #  MA-000080-1
Institution/HIC  Rainbow District School Board
Summary  The Rainbow District School Board (the Board) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ) for access to a copy of the proposals received by the Board in response to a Request for Proposals for the provision of engineering services for mechanical and electrical retrofits of Board properties. The Board located the records responsive to the request and denied access to them, in their entirety, claiming the application of the following exemptions contained in the Act : third party information - sections 10(1)(a) and (b) economic and other interests - sections 11(c) and (d) The Board did not notify the bidders who submitted Proposals of the request under section 21 of the Act . The appellant appealed the Board's decision to deny access to the records. During the mediation stage of the appeal, the appellant agreed to limit the scope of his appeal to include only certain portions of the successful bidder's proposal. Specifically, the appellant is seeking access to the complete pages entitled "Proposal Requirements" and "Scope of Engineering Services" from the successful bidder's proposal. The remaining portions of the successful bidder's proposal, and those of the unsuccessful bidders are, accordingly, no longer at issue in this appeal. I decided to seek the representations of the Board and the successful bidder (the affected party), who are resisting disclosure, initially. I received representations from the affected party while the Board advised by telephone that it would not be making submissions in response to the Notice of Inquiry. Because of the manner in which I have addressed the application of the exemptions claimed below, it was not necessary for me to seek the representations of the appellant in this case. The record at issue consists of two pages from the affected party's proposal dated August 26, 1999, which are entitled "Proposal Requirements" and "Scope of Engineering Services".
Legislation
  • MFIPPA
  • 10(1)
Subject Index
Signed by  Donald Hale
Published  Jun 15, 2000
Type  Order
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