Section 3 AAC 109.500 - Innovative procurements(a) A contract may be awarded for supplies, services, professional services, or construction using an innovative procurement process, with or without competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals, when the chief procurement officer determines in writing that it satisfies 3 AAC 109.020 to use an innovative competitive procurement process in the procurement of new or unique requirements of the grantee or authority new technologies, or to achieve best value.(b) The chief procurement officer shall submit a procurement plan to the attorney general for review and approval as to form before issuing the notice required by (c) of this section. The plan must, at a minimum, address the method of solicitation, scope, method of award, protest procedures, and proposed contract provisions.(c) A procurement under this section is subject to public notice requirements of 3 AAC 109.150.(d) A record of an innovative procurement must be available for public inspection upon completion or cancellation of the procurement, and must contain (1) a copy of the contract;(2) the written determination of the chief procurement officer to use the innovative procurement procedure;(3) the procurement plan as approved as to form by the attorney general;(4) the record of notice as required under 3 AAC 109.150;(5) the record of respondents to the solicitation; andEff. 7/10/2015, Register 215, October 2015