Section 3-124-34 - Solicitation procedure(a) Solicitations issued by a state purchasing agency shall contain a notice stating that a price preference will be given to Hawaii software development businesses. This price preference will be ten per cent of the price, and will be used for evaluation.(b) All state purchasing agencies shall provide an appropriate space for offerors to indicate whether the bidder is requesting the Hawaii software development business preference.(c) When a solicitation specifies that because of federal requirements, the Hawaii software development business preference will not be considered, the price preference shall not apply.(d) Offerors requesting a preference shall submit a completed certification form, as required by section 3-124-33, with each offer. Previous certifications shall not apply unless allowed by the solicitation.(e) Any offeror who fails to indicate that it is a Hawaii software development business will be presumed to be a non-Hawaii software development business and the offeror's offer will be increased by ten per cent for purposes of evaluation.[Eff 12/15/95; am and comp 11/17/97; comp 11/25/02; comp MAY 20 2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-1006) (Imp: HRS § 103D-1006)