Brief Description: The Office of Procurement and Property Management (OPPM)
proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 2 Administration of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with the reasonable and adequate small procurement monetary threshold, including the following:
- 2 AAC 12.400(b)(1)(2) and (c) is proposed to be changed to increase the reasonable and adequate small procurement threshold from $10,000 to $25,000.
You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Mindy Birk, OPPM, P.O. Box 110214, Juneau, AK 99811-0214. Additionally, OPPM will accept comments by electronic mail at DOA.OPPM.PolicyOversight@alaska.gov. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. AKST on March 27, 2024.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to DOA.OPPM.PolicyOversight@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. OPPM will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Mindy Birk, Melinda.birk@alaska.gov (907)465-5678, not later than March 18, 2024, to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Mindy Birk at DOA.OPPM.PolicyOversight@alaska.gov.
After the public comment period ends, OPPM will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected.
Statutory authority: AS 36.30.040; AS 36.30.320
Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 36.30.320
Fiscal information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
OPPM keeps a list of individuals and organizations interested in its regulations. Those on the list will automatically be sent a copy of all OPPM notices of proposed regulation changes. To be added to or removed from the list, send a request to OPPM at DOA.OPPM.PolicyOversight@alaska.gov, giving your name, and either your e-mail address or mailing address, as you prefer for receiving notices.
Individuals can also signup to receive automated notifications of all State of Alaska notices, including public notice for regulation changes, by subscribing to the Alaska Online Public Notices System: https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Default.aspx.
DATE: 2/23/2024
Mindy Birk, Chief of Policy, OPPM
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(as 44.62.190(d))
- Adopting Agency: OPPM – Department of Administration
- General subject of regulation: Raising small procurement, reasonable and adequate threshold
- Citation of regulation: 2 AAC 12.400
- Department of Law file number: 2024200018
- Reason for the proposed action: To ease the cost of administrative burden on Executive Branch agencies due to inflation and rising costs.
- Appropriation/Allocation: Office of Procurement and Property Management - #3291
- Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None known.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
- Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2024 or in subsequent years.
- The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Mindy Birk, Chief of Policy
Office of Procurement and Property Management
Department of Administration
Email: Melinda.birk@alaska.gov
- The origin of the proposed action: Staff of state agencies
- Date: 2/23/2024
Prepared by: Mindy Birk, Chief of Policy, (907) 465-5678