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Originally Posted by Novacek
Right, but all of that is well after the RFP was released. Doesn't seem like there was a "select few" before the RFP as you implied.
In fact, your second link seems to contradict that as well
"Amazon, for its part, denies it has made any such requests for secrecy. A spokesman for the company says cities are free to share any details they would like to about their own bids. (Although the company has pledged to hold city bids as confidential if the submitter prefers.)
Amazon has sent some interested bidders nondisclosure agreements, according to several cities that have received them. But those agreements, Amazon and some of the cities say, bars release of corporate information that the company has provided to them, such as specific workforce projections, but doesn’t pertain to the city’s own activities or bid information."
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I am not the enemy and I am not trying to talk down Austin or (un)knowingly providing conflicting quotes. To my knowledge, only 4 cities have publicly acknowledged a NDA with Amazon. These 4 cities made these statements to the media, whether Amazon wants to acknowledge it or not. Personally if I was Amazon I would not acknowledge it because it means the whole RFP process was a PR/financial move. Additionally, why would Amazon have select cities sign a NDA after the RFP? Clearly not all cities signed the NDA because several cites published their responses or financial incentive packages/or lack of (Toronto, Boston, San Jose, Denver, State of Pennsylvania, State of NJ...etc).
This was published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle over a month before Amazon's RFP. Any guesses?
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