Section 3-124-33 - Qualification procedure(a) A business desiring a preference pursuant to section 103D-1006, HRS, shall certify that they are a Hawaii software development business when submitting an offer. A Certificate of Eligibility form issued by the administrator shall be used to certify the business and be included as part of the offer.(b) Offerors shall indicate on the certification form, included as part of the offer, sufficient information to substantiate that eighty per cent of the employees who will be working on the proposed software development project are domiciled in Hawaii.(c) Offerors shall submit with the certification form sufficient information to support the Hawaii software development business preference. Sufficient information shall include, but not be limited to, the authorized officer's name, office or position held, name of offeror and its local address, date that the office was opened, and name and local addresses of offeror's employees who will provide the labor for the required services. The procurement officer calling for offers may request additional information deemed necessary in order to qualify the offeror, and shall have sole discretion in determining acceptance of the offeror as a Hawaii software development business.(d) Any offeror who is not accepted for the Hawaii software development business preference may appeal by filing a written request for re-examination of facts to the procurement officer who issued the solicitation.[Eff 12/15/95; comp 11/17/97; am and comp 11/25/02; am and comp MAY 20 2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-1006) (Imp: HRS § 103D-1006)