The High Court, in a judicial review of a public procurement process for the management services concerning property retrofitting, has refused discovery of the winning tenderer's confidential pricing structure. The court also rejected the losing tenderer's novel request to include one of its directors in the confidentiality ring, a measure typically reserved for legal advisors and, in certain cases, independent experts. The court emphasized the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive commercial information in competitive tendering processes.
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