Prepare the confidentiality determination schedule for the awarded contract
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Work with the lawyer to build the schedule: list each claimed item with the supplier's stated reason and the clause or schedule it sits in, set it against each limb of the confidentiality test, and help draft the determination wording under the lawyer's direction. Do not decide any limb and do not record a determination the lawyer has not made.
- What the lawyer must review
- Apply the confidentiality test to each item and decide what is genuinely confidential, check the executed contract records only what was determined, and confirm what must be notified to the supplier before any later disclosure and what must appear in the published listing.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Work with the lawyer to build the schedule: list each claimed item with the supplier's stated reason and the clause or schedule it sits in, set it against each limb of the confidentiality test, and help draft the determination wording under the lawyer's direction. Do not decide any limb and do not record a determination the lawyer has not made. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- Apply the confidentiality test to each item and decide what is genuinely confidential, check the executed contract records only what was determined, and confirm what must be notified to the supplier before any later disclosure and what must appear in the published listing.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confidentiality determination for an awarded contract | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A schedule for deciding whether specific contract information is confidential, using Commonwealth Procurement Rules paragraph 7.24 and the four-criteria test on the Finance guidance page. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-10/Commonwealth-Procurement-Rules-2025.pdf · 2026-09-27
- https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/confidentiality-government-contracts-senate-order-departmental-and-entity · 2026-09-27
- https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/freedom-of-information-guidance-for-government-agencies/foi-guidelines/part-6-conditional-exemptions · 2026-09-27
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.