| The Alaska Product Preference
AS 36.30.332 and
3AAC 92.010 |
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The Alaska Product Preference (APP), AS 36.30.332 is one of eight State of Alaska preferences applied to in-state bids on State contracts, or proposals in response to a request for proposal. Under the State’s procurement code, the Alaska Product Preference can provide a local bidder or offeror with a cost preference between three and seven percent.
In order for a State procurement officer to consider whether a bid or offer qualifies as APP, the vendor and the product must be on the Alaska Product Preference list published by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development at least 30 days prior to the issuing date of the solicitation.
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| The list is published twice a year, on the first working day of April and October. |
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To be certified as Alaska Product Preference, a product must be made with materials and supplies that are:
- 25 percent or more and less than 50 percent produced and/or manufactured in state. This is Class I, and receives 3% bid preference;
- 50 percent or more and less than 75 percent produced and/or manufactured in state. This is Class II, and receives 5% bid preference;
- 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:
- "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;
- "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;
- "product" means materials or supplies but does not include gravel and asphalt .
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Contacts
Alaska Product
Preference
Michael Hanzuk
Development Specialist II
Office of Economic Development
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
550 West 7th Ave., Suite 1770,
Anchorage, AK 99501
Telephone: (907) 269-8104
Fax: (907) 269-5666
michael.hanzuk@alaska.gov |
Alaska Bidder, Offeror, Agriculture, and
Recycled Preferences
Ted Fosket
Contracting Officer III
Department of Administration
Division of General Services
PO Box 110210
Juneau, AK 99811-0210
Phone (907) 465-5674
ted.fosket@alaska.gov |
Alaska Employment Preferences
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Division of Vocational Rehab
801 West 10th Street, Suite A
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1894
Phone (907) 465-6936 or
1-800-478-2815
FAX: 465-2856 |
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