Except as otherwise provided herein and in chapters 15-106 to 15-109 and other applicable law, members, officers, employees, and agents of the authority shall refrain from communicating with any person submitting a proposal in response to the request for proposals, or with any member, owner, partner, stockholder, officer, director, employee, or agent thereof, on any matter of substance contained in, or pertaining to, any proposal submitted in response to the request for proposals.
Haw. Code R. § 15-110-11