(a) Alaska recycled products shall be used in municipal procurements when the products are of comparable quality, of equivalent price, and appropriate for the intended use.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.71.050

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Unless the procurement is governed by Alaska Stat. § 29.71.040, in the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a procurement by a municipality, if a bid or proposal designates the use of recycled Alaska products for the products identified in the contract specifications, and if the recycled Alaska products meet the contract specifications, the bid or offer shall be decreased by the percentage of preference given to the recycled Alaska products under Alaska Stat. § 36.30.332.
(c) The contract specifications for a municipal procurement must include a provision that describes the preference granted under (b) of this section.
(d) If a successful bidder or offeror who receives the preference under (b) of this section fails to use the designated recycled Alaska product for a reason within the control of the successful bidder or offeror, each payment under the contract shall be reduced by the percentage reduction scheduled under Alaska Stat. § 36.30.330(a) for the classification the product has received under Alaska Stat. § 36.30.332.
(e) In the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a municipal procurement, a person is not a responsible bidder or offeror if, during two contracts for which the person received a preference under (b) of this section during the preceding three years, the person failed to use the recycled Alaska product designated in the person’s bids or proposals for the contracts for reasons within the control of the bidder or offeror.
(f) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
(g) In this section, “recycled Alaska product” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 36.30.338.