The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property shall institute a process whereby vendor challenges to the division's procurement process are investigated and considered by hearing officers appointed by the director and independent of the division's procurement process, and are resolved by written final agency determination of the director. Such challenges shall not be contested cases subject to the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to that act. A final agency determination shall be appealable to the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court.
N.J.S. § 52:34-10.10