00                            SENATE BILL NO. 154                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to bidder preferences in state procurement."                                                           
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 36.30.321(i) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (i)  To qualify for a preference under (b), (d), [OR] (f), or (l) of this section, a                              
05 bidder or offeror must add value by actually performing, controlling, managing, and                                     
06 supervising the services provided, or the bidder or offeror must have sold supplies of                                  
07 the general nature solicited to other state agencies, other governments, or the general                                 
08       public.                                                                                                           
09    * Sec. 2. AS 36.30.321 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
10 (l)  If a bidder or offeror qualifies as an Alaska bidder and is a qualifying                                           
11 entity, a two-percent preference shall be applied to the price in the bid or proposal.                                  
12 The preference may not exceed $5,000. In this subsection, "qualifying entity" means                                     
13       an entity that                                                                                                    
14                 (1)  employs at least one person who is currently enrolled in, or within                                
15       the previous two years graduated from, a United States Department of Defense                                      

01 SkillBridge or United States Army career skills program for service members or                                          
02 spouses of service members that offers civilian work experience through specific                                        
03 industry training, pre-apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships, or internships during                               
04       the last 180 days before a service member separates or retires from the service; or                               
05                 (2)  has an active partnership with an entity that employs an apprentice                                
06       through a program described in (1) of this subsection.