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AK Stat § 36.30.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.130. Public notice of invitation to bid.

(a) The procurement officer shall give adequate public notice of the invitation to bid at least 21 days before the date for the opening of bids. If the procurement officer determines in writing that a shorter notice period is advantageous for a particular bid and adequate competition is anticipated, the 21-day period may be shortened. Notice shall be posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175). The time and manner of notice must be in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner of administration. When practicable, notice may include (1) publication in a newspaper calculated to reach prospective bidders; and (2) notices posted in public places within the area where the work is to be performed or the material furnished. (b) Failure to comply with the notice requirements of this section does not invalidate a bid or the award of a contract. If the state fails to substantially comply with the requirements of (a) of this section, the state is liable for damages caused by that failure.
AK Stat § 36.30.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.140. Bid opening.

(a) The procurement officer shall open bids at the time and place designated in the invitation to bid. All bid openings are open to the public. The amount of each bid and other relevant information that is specified by regulation of the commissioner, together with the name of each bidder, shall be recorded. (b) The information recorded under (a) of this section is open to public inspection as soon as practicable before the notice of intent to award a contract is given under AS 36.30.365. The bids are not open for public inspection until after the notice of intent to award a contract is given. To the extent the bidder designates and the procurement officer concurs, trade secrets and other proprietary data contained in a bid document are confidential.
AK Stat § 36.30.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.150. Bid acceptance and bid evaluation.

(a) Bids shall be unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction, except as authorized in AS 36.30.160. The procurement officer shall evaluate bids based on the requirements set out in the invitation to bid, which may include criteria to determine acceptability such as inspection, testing, quality, delivery, and suitability for a particular purpose. The criteria that will affect the bid price and be considered in evaluation for award must be objectively measurable, such as discounts, transportation costs, and total or life cycle costs. The invitation to bid must set out the evaluation criteria to be used. Criteria may not be used in bid evaluation if they are not set out in the invitation to bid. (b) [Repealed, § 11 ch 37 SLA 1993.]
AK Stat § 36.30.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.160. Late bids; correction or withdrawal of bids; cancellation of awards.

(a) Bids received after the bid due date and time indicated on the invitation to bid may not be accepted unless the delay was due to an error of the contracting agency. (b) Correction or withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids before or after bid opening, or cancellation of awards or contracts based on bid mistakes may be permitted in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. After bid opening, changes in bid prices or other provisions of bids prejudicial to the interest of the state or fair competition may not be permitted. Except as otherwise provided by regulation, a decision to permit the correction or withdrawal of a bid, or to cancel an award or contract based on bid mistake, shall be supported by a written determination made by the procurement officer. If a bidder is permitted to withdraw a bid before award, an action may not be maintained against the bidder or the bid security.
AK Stat § 36.30.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.170. Contract award after bids.

After applying any preferences that apply under AS 36.15.050 and AS 36.30.321 - 36.30.338, a procurement officer shall award a contract based on the solicited bids with reasonable promptness by written notice to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid conforms in all material respects to the requirements and criteria set out in the invitation to bid.
AK Stat § 36.30.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.180. Purpose.

The legislature finds that there exists in the state continuing high unemployment, underutilization of resident construction and supply firms, and high costs unfavorable to the welfare of Alaskans and to the economic health of the state. The purpose of bidder preference for resident firms when the state acts as a market participant is to encourage local industry, strengthen and stabilize the economy, decrease unemployment, and strengthen the tax and revenue base of the state.
AK Stat § 36.30.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 2. Competitive Sealed Bidding.|Sec. 36.30.190. Multi-step sealed bidding.

When it is considered impractical to initially prepare a definitive purchase description to support an award based on price, the procurement officer may issue an invitation to bid requesting the submission of unpriced technical offers to be followed by an invitation to bid limited to the bidders whose offers are determined to be technically qualified under the criteria set out in the first solicitation.
AK Stat § 36.30.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.200. Conditions for use.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or unless specifically exempted by law, an agency contract shall be awarded by competitive sealed proposals if it is not awarded by competitive sealed bidding. (b) The commissioner may provide by regulation that it is either not practicable or not advantageous to the state to procure specified types of supplies, services, or construction by competitive sealed bidding that would otherwise be procured by that method. When the procurement officer determines in writing with particularity that the use of competitive sealed proposals is more advantageous to the state than competitive sealed bidding, a contract may be entered into by competitive sealed proposals. (c) When the commissioner of transportation and public facilities determines that it is advantageous to the state, a procurement officer may issue a request for proposals requesting the submission of offers to provide (1) construction in accordance with a design provided by the offeror; request for proposals issued under this paragraph must require that each proposal submitted contain a single price that includes the design-build; or  (2) preconstruction and construction services under a single construction manager general contractor contract awarded under AS 36.30.309.
AK Stat § 36.30.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.210. Request for proposals.

(a) A request for competitive sealed proposals must contain the date, time, and place for delivering proposals, a specific description of the supplies, construction, services, or professional services to be provided under the contract, and the terms under which the supplies, construction, services, or professional services are to be provided. (b) An offeror for a construction contract shall submit proof of the offeror's registration as a contractor under AS 08.18 before the contract may be awarded. A request for sealed proposals for a construction contract, except a design-build construction contract, must require the offeror, not later than five working days after the proposal that is the most advantageous to the state is identified, to list subcontractors the offeror proposes to use in the performance of the construction contract. The list must include the information required under AS 36.30.115(a). The provisions of AS 36.30.115(b) - (g) that apply to a construction contractor or an apparent low bidder apply to offerors submitting competitive sealed proposals for construction contracts, except design-build construction contracts. (c) A request for proposals must contain that information necessary for an offeror to submit a proposal or contain references to any information that cannot reasonably be included with the request. The request must provide a description of the factors that will be considered by the procurement officer when evaluating the proposals received, including the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. (d) Notice of a request for proposals shall be given in accordance with procedures under AS 36.30.130. The procurement officer may use additional means considered appropriate to notify prospective offerors of the intent to enter into a contract through competitive sealed proposals. (e) The offeror shall have a valid Alaska business license at the time the contract is awarded. To qualify as an Alaska bidder under AS 36.30.321, an offeror shall have a valid Alaska business license at the time designated in the request for proposals for opening of the proposals. (f) In this section, “construction contractor” has the meaning given in AS 36.30.115.
AK Stat § 36.30.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.220. Standard overhead rate.

(a) An agency that provides services to another agency under a contract covered by this chapter shall establish a standard overhead rate. If an agency submits a proposal in response to a request for competitive sealed proposals, the agency must include its standard overhead rate within its proposal. (b) In this section, “standard overhead rate” means a charge established for services and professional services from an agency that is designed to compensate the agency for administration and support services incidentally provided with the services contracted for.
AK Stat § 36.30.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.230. Disclosure of proposals; return of proposals.

(a) The procurement officer shall open proposals so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors before notice of intent to award a contract is issued. A register of proposals containing the name and address of each offeror shall be prepared in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. The register and the proposals are open for public inspection after the notice of intent to award a contract is issued under AS 36.30.365. To the extent that the offeror designates and the procurement officer concurs, trade secrets and other proprietary data contained in the proposal documents are confidential. (b) If a solicitation is cancelled under AS 36.30.350 after proposals are received but before a notice of intent to award a contract has been issued under AS 36.30.365, a protest of the solicitation or of the cancellation of the solicitation has not been filed by an interested party under AS 36.30.560, and the time specified in AS 36.30.565(a) for filing such a protest has expired, the procurement officer may return a proposal to the offeror that made the proposal. The procurement officer shall keep a list of returned proposals in the file for the solicitation.
AK Stat § 36.30.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.240. Discussion with responsible offerors and revisions to proposals.

As provided in the request for proposals, and under regulations adopted by the commissioner, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of clarification to assure full understanding of, and responsiveness to, the solicitation requirements. Offerors reasonably susceptible of being selected for award shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and revisions may be permitted after submissions and before the award of the contract for the purpose of obtaining best and final offers. In conducting discussions, the procurement officer may not disclose information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors. AS 44.62.310 does not apply to meetings with offerors under this section.
AK Stat § 36.30.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.250. Award of contract.

(a) The procurement officer shall award a contract under competitive sealed proposals to the responsible and responsive offeror whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the state taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set out in the request for proposals. Other factors and criteria may not be used in the evaluation. The contract file must contain the basis on which the award is made. (b) [Repealed, § 26 ch 59 SLA 2013.] (c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may include factors in addition to price as evaluation factors when awarding a construction manager general contractor contract under AS 36.30.309.
AK Stat § 36.30.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.260. Contract contents.

A contract awarded under competitive sealed proposals must contain (1) a statement of the amount of the contract; (2) the date for the supplies to be delivered or the dates for construction, services, or professional services to begin and be completed; (3) a description of the supplies, construction, services, or professional services to be provided; and (4) certification by the project director for the contracting agency, the head of the contracting agency, or a designee that sufficient money is available in an appropriation to be encumbered for the amount of the contract.
AK Stat § 36.30.265 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.265. Multi-step sealed proposals.

When it is considered impractical to initially prepare a definitive purchase description to support an award based on listed selection criteria, the procurement officer may issue an expression of interest requesting the submission of unpriced technical offers, and then later issue a request for proposals limited to the offerors whose offers are determined to be technically qualified under the criteria set out in the expression of interest.
AK Stat § 36.30.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 3. Competitive Sealed Proposals.|Sec. 36.30.270. Architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts.

(a) Notwithstanding conflicting provisions of AS 36.30.100 - 36.30.260, a procurement officer shall negotiate a contract for an agency with the most qualified and suitable firm or person of demonstrated competence for architectural, engineering, or land surveying services. The procurement officer shall award a contract for those services at fair and reasonable compensation as determined by the procurement officer, after consideration of the estimated value of the services to be rendered, and the scope, complexity, and professional nature of the services. When determining the most qualified and suitable firm or person, the procurement officer shall consider the (1) proximity to the project site of the office of the firm or person unless federal law prohibits this factor from being considered in the awarding of the contract; and (2) employment practices of the firm or person with regard to women and minorities. (b) If negotiations with the most qualified and suitable firm or person under (a) of this section are not successful, the procurement officer shall negotiate a contract with other qualified firms or persons of demonstrated competence, in order of public ranking. The procurement officer may reject all or part of a proposal. (c) This section does not apply to contracts awarded in a situation of public necessity if the procurement officer certifies in writing that a situation of public necessity exists. (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a procurement officer may include price as an added factor in selecting architectural, engineering, and land surveying services when, in the judgment of the procurement officer, the services required are repetitious in nature, and the scope, nature, and amount of services required are thoroughly defined by measurable and objective standards to reasonably enable firms or persons making proposals to compete with a clear understanding and interpretation of the services required. In order to include price as a factor in selection, a majority of the persons involved by the procurement officer in evaluation of the proposals must be registered in the state to perform architectural, engineering, or land surveying services. (e) This section does not apply to a contract that incorporates both design services and construction.
AK Stat § 36.30.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 4. Other Procurement Methods.|Sec. 36.30.290. Electronic bids and proposals.

An agency may allow bids or proposals to be submitted in electronic form under AS 09.80 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act).
AK Stat § 36.30.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 4. Other Procurement Methods.|Sec. 36.30.300. Single source procurements.

(a) A contract may be awarded for supplies, services, professional services, or construction without competitive sealed bidding, competitive sealed proposals, or other competition in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. A contract may be awarded under this section only when the chief procurement officer or, for construction contracts or procurements for the state equipment fleet, the commissioner of transportation and public facilities determines in writing that (1) it is not practicable to award a contract by competitive sealed bidding under AS 36.30.100, competitive sealed proposals under AS 36.30.200, or limited competition under AS 36.30.305; and (2) award of the contract under this section is in the state's best interest. (b) The using agency shall submit written evidence to support a request for a single source procurement. The commissioner of administration or the commissioner of transportation and public facilities, as appropriate, may also require the submission of cost or pricing data in connection with an award under this section. (c) To the extent practicable, the procurement officer shall negotiate with the single source to obtain contract terms advantageous to the state. (d) Procurement requirements may not be aggregated or structured so as to constitute a purchase under this section or to circumvent the source selection procedures required by AS 36.30.100 - 36.30.270. (e) Except for procurements of supplies, services, professional services, or construction that do not exceed the amount for small procurements under AS 36.30.320(a) as applicable, the authority to make a determination required by this section may not be delegated, even if the authority to contract is delegated under AS 36.30.015(a) and (b).
AK Stat § 36.30.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 4. Other Procurement Methods.|Sec. 36.30.305. Limited competition procurements.

(a) A construction contract under $100,000, or a contract for supplies, services, or professional services, may be awarded without competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. A contract may be awarded under this section only when the chief procurement officer determines in writing that a situation exists that makes competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals impractical or contrary to the public interest, except that the attorney general, the public defender, or the director of the office of public advocacy as provided in AS 36.30.015(k) may make the determination for services of legal counsel, and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities may make the determination for construction contracts under $100,000 or procurements for the state equipment fleet. Procurements under this section shall be made with competition that is practicable under the circumstance. Except for procurements of supplies, services, professional services, or construction that do not exceed the amount for small procurements under AS 36.30.320(a), as applicable, the authority to make a determination required by this section may not be delegated. (b) The using agency shall submit written evidence to support a determination under this section. (c) Procurement requirements may not be artificially divided, fragmented, aggregated, or structured so as to constitute a purchase under this section or to circumvent the source selection procedures required by AS 36.30.100 - 36.30.270. (d) Single source procurements may not be made under this section. (e) Architectural, engineering, and land survey contracts under AS 36.30.270 may not be made under this section.
AK Stat § 36.30.308 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 36. Public Contracts|Chapter 30. State Procurement Code|Article 4. Other Procurement Methods.|Sec. 36.30.308. Innovative procurements.

(a) A contract may be awarded for supplies, services, professional services, or construction using an innovative procurement process, with or without competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. A contract may be awarded under this section only when the chief procurement officer, or, for construction contracts or procurements of the state equipment fleet, the commissioner of transportation and public facilities, determines in writing that it is advantageous to the state to use an innovative competitive procurement process in the procurement of new or unique requirements of the state, new technologies, or to achieve best value. (b) The procurement officer shall submit a procurement plan to the Department of Law for review and approval as to form before issuing the notice required by (c) of this section. (c) A procurement under this section is subject to the requirements of AS 36.30.130. (d) Nothing in this section precludes the adoption of regulations providing for the use of bonuses instead of preferences in a procurement of construction.