State, Department of Administration v. Bachner Co.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We are asked to determine whether a Department of Administration hearing officer erred when he selected the remedy for a defective procurement process. - Several months after a procurement contract for a long term lease was awarded, the hearing officer concluded that three separate irregularities had occurred during the proposal evaluation process. After conducting an analysis under AS 86.30.585(b), the Alaska provision governing remedies for errors committed in the procurement process, the hearing officer awarded the aggrieved bidders their proposal…