Lower Kuskokwim School District v. Foundation Services, Inc.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In the spring of 1993, the Lower Kuskok-wim School District (LKSD or District) awarded, and the Alaska Department of Education (DOE or Department) subsequently-approved, a school transportation contract to Transnorth Corporation, the incumbent provider of bus service for children in the District’s twenty-two villages. Foundation Services, Inc., an unsuccessful bidder for the contract, sought appellate review claiming, among other things, that Transnorth’s proposal was fraudulent and that the Department abused its discretion in approving the contract.…