premise: A. “Confidential Information” as outlined herein shall be used in strict confidence solely for the purpose allotted under this agreement and shall not be disclosed by the Bidder, its employees, partners, subcontractors, agents, or clients to a third party without the prior written consent of the County with the exception of the following;  It was already in the possession of the receiving party;  It is learned from or becomes publicly disclosed by a source with legal right to use and disclose same  It is identical to information which was developed by the receiving party independently of any Confidential Information received from the other party.