Alaka'i Na Keiki, Inc. v. Matayoshi

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that decisions of administrative officers of the State of Hawai'i Department of Education (the DOE), headed by Respondent/Defendant-Appellant Kathryn Matayo-shi, (Respondent),2 to reject the proposal of Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Alaka'i Na Keiki, Inc. (Petitioner) that responded to a request for proposals (RFP) to provide health and human services under contracts pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 103F, are subject to judicial review under the circumstances of this ease. In so holding, we conclude first that, as construed, HRS…