Section 7 AAC 78.090 - Review of proposals(a) Unless the department cancels a solicitation issued under this chapter, no later than 60 days after the grant proposal submission deadline, the department will review each proposal received in response to a request for proposals issued under 7 AAC 78.050 and prepare a record of recommendations for the commissioner's consideration.(b) In preparing a record under (a) of this section, the department will (1) evaluate each grant proposal for compliance with the minimum responsiveness criteria, technical or other requirements, conditions, and criteria set out in 7 AAC 78.100 and the request for proposals; based on the contents of the proposal and other documentation and information regarding the applicant that is available to the department;(2) eliminate from consideration each proposal that fails to meet the minimum responsiveness criteria;(3) make a recommendation regarding whether each proposal should be financed, and at what level; in a recommendation, the department will consider: (A) priorities in applicable state health and social services plans;(B) requirements of applicable state and federal statutes and regulations; and(C) any municipal ordinance or regulation applicable to the grant program;(4) decide whether to (A) forward its recommendations to the commissioner for review under 7 AAC 78.093; or(B) appoint a proposal evaluation committee under 7 AAC 78.092; the department may appoint a proposal evaluation committee if (i) there are multiple responsive proposals for which there is insufficient money to fully fund all responsive proposals; or(ii) the services requested are so technical or specialized in nature that expertise is required to evaluate whether the services proposed are sufficient to meet the intent of the request for proposals;(5) open proposals so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing applicants before notice of award is issued.(c) In this section, "record" has the meaning given in AS 09.80.190 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act).Eff. 4/11/81, Register 78; am 7/21/2002, Register 163; am 6/24/2004, Register 170; am 10/16/2012, Register 204Authority:AS 18.05.040
AS 18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.25.100
AS 18.28.010
AS 18.28.050
AS 29.60.600
AS 44.29.020
AS 47.05.010
AS 47.20.075
AS 47.20.110
AS 47.27.005
AS 47.27.050
AS 47.30.477
AS 47.30.530
AS 47.37.030
AS 47.37.045
AS 47.40.041
AS 47.40.120
AS 47.80.130