To be certified as Alaska Product Preference, a product must be made with materials and supplies that are:

1. 25 percent or more and less than 50 percent produced and/or manufactured in state.  This is Class I, and receives 3% bid preference;

2. 50 percent or more and less than 75 percent produced and/or manufactured in state.  This is Class II, and receives 5% bid preference;

3. 75 percent or more produced and/or manufactured in state.  This is Class III, and receives 7% bid preference.

Please note that the certification in the State’s preference programs goes to the products and not to the manufacturer. 

How to Get Certified as Alaska Product Preference

Any Alaskan business that manufactures a product with at least 25% value added in Alaska, may submit a signed and notarized application for certification to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.  The department will determine whether the applicant's products meet the statutory requirements.  If the certification is granted, the department will send written notice of a two-year certification for the approved product. 

Per AS 36.30.338, the following definitions are used:

1. "Alaska product" means a product of which not less than 25 percent of the value, as determined in accordance with regulations adopted under AS 36.30.332(a), has been added by manufacturing or production in the state;
2. "produced or manufactured" means processing, developing, or making an item into a new item with a distinct character and use through the application within the state of materials, labor, skill, or other services;
3. "product" means materials or supplies but does not include gravel and asphalt .

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