CSSB 220(FIN): "An Act relating to the requirements for partnerships and limited liability companies to qualify for the Alaska bidder preference and a certain disability preference under the State Procurement Code; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 220(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to the requirements for partnerships and limited liability 02 companies to qualify for the Alaska bidder preference and a certain disability 03 preference under the State Procurement Code; and providing for an effective 04 date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 36.30.170(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) The procurement officer shall award a contract based on solicited bids to 08 the lowest responsive and responsible bidder after an Alaska bidder preference of five 09 percent, an Alaska products preference as described in AS 36.30.322 - 36.30.338, and 10 a recycled products preference under AS 36.30.337 have been applied. In this 11 subsection, "Alaska bidder" means a person who 12 (1) holds a current Alaska business license; 13 (2) submits a bid for goods, services, or construction under the name 14 as appearing on the person's current Alaska business license;
01 (3) has maintained a place of business within the state staffed by the 02 bidder or an employee of the bidder for a period of six months immediately preceding 03 the date of the bid; 04 (4) is incorporated or qualified to do business under the laws of the 05 state, is a sole proprietorship and the proprietor is a resident of the state, is a limited 06 liability company organized under AS 10.50 and all managing members are 07 residents of the state, or is a partnership under AS 32.05 or AS 32.11 and all 08 partners are residents of the state; and 09 (5) if a joint venture, is composed entirely of ventures that qualify 10 under (1) - (4) of this subsection. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 36.30.170(e) is amended to read: 12 (e) If a bidder qualifies under (b) of this section as an Alaska bidder, is a 13 qualifying entity, and is the lowest responsible and responsive bidder with a bid that 14 is not more than 10 percent higher than the lowest bid, the procurement officer shall 15 award the contract to that bidder. This subsection does not give a bidder who would 16 otherwise qualify for a preference under this subsection a preference over another 17 bidder who would otherwise qualify for a preference under this subsection or (f) of this 18 section. In this subsection, "qualifying entity" means a 19 (1) sole proprietorship owned by a person with a disability; 20 (2) partnership under AS 32.05 or AS 32.11 if each of the partners is 21 a person with a disability; [OR] 22 (3) limited liability company organized under AS 10.50 if each of 23 the managing members is a person with a disability; or 24 (4) corporation that is wholly owned by individuals and each of the 25 individuals is a person with a disability. 26 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).