State Ex Rel. Department of Administration v. Bowers Office Products, Inc.

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. CONNOR, Justice.

This case challenges administrative action of the State of Alaska taken in connection with bidding upon a state office supply contract. There are two issues before us: first, whether using regular mail to send an amendment to an invitation for bids is a proper procedure for notifying known bidders; and second, whether the bid in this case was rendered nonresponsive by failure to return an amendment. We hold that the method of sending amendments used by the State was reasonably…