The authority's review, selection, and approval of the convention center development plan of a developer shall be pursuant to a request for proposals process which shall encompass a publicly advertised request for proposals, an evaluation of timely submitted proposals, selection of a proposal from among the timely submitted proposals, negotiation of a convention center development plan and a convention center development agreement, and final authority approval of a convention center development plan.
Haw. Code R. § 15-107-10