Dean Paul
13:32 - 14:29
“In state law, the state procurement is that you get a 5% bid preference capped at $5,000, 10 times less than the $50,000 that's being proposed in the current versions, and it only goes to veterans who reside in Alaska or partnerships, LLCs, corporations that are majority Alaska-owned.”
- Speaker
- Dean Paul
- Timestamp
- 13:32 – 14:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- May 27, 2026
From the transcript
That is not how it works in state law. In state law, the state procurement is that you get a 5% bid preference capped at $5,000, 10 times less than the $50,000 that's being proposed in the current versions, and it only goes to veterans who reside in Alaska or partnerships, LLCs, corporations that are majority Alaska-owned. As we crashed into this conversation, that approach made more sense to us. Um, it is— in a world of plenty, it would be lovely to award preferences to folks regardless of a local Alaska connection, but I think in a world of scarcity particularly, it makes more sense for there to be an Alaska hook on the Alaska— on the veteran services. So This I'm not gonna read through, but this for chapter and verse, here's the state statute that we were looking at as a point of comparison.
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