1. (a) The executive director is vested with and may exercise all of the rights, powers, and duties that relate to the management of construction, supplies, services, and professional services procured under this chapter by the authority on behalf of a grantee.
2. (b) The executive director may delegate to other qualified employees of the authority any right, power, or duty described in (a) of this section, except that the executive director shall retain the right, power, and duty to consider appeals of protests under 3 AAC 109.570.

3. (c) The executive director in exercising any right, power, or duty described in (a) of this section shall

   1. (1) appoint a chief procurement officer for the authority for procurements under this chapter; and.
   2. (2) take actions necessary to resolve any protest appeal under 3 AAC 109.570 or any appeal of a contract claim under 3 AAC 109.590.

4. (d) Subject to a delegation of the authority from the executive director under this chapter, the chief procurement officer of the authority shall

   1. (1) procure or supervise the procurement of all supplies, services, construction, and professional services;
   2. (2) prescribe the time, manner, and form of making requisitions for supplies and services;
   3. (3) prescribe standard forms for solicitation documents and contracts;
   4. (4) take actions necessary to provide a recommendation to the executive director on a protest appeal under 3 AAC 109.570; and
   5. (5) provide for other matters that may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
5. (e) An employee of the authority may exercise a delegated power only in accordance with the delegation and this chapter. The delegation must be in writing and may be revoked at any time, with or without cause, by the executive director.

(Eff. 7/10/2015, Register 215)

Authority: AS 44.83.080