Section 3-124-25 - Evaluation procedure and contract award(a) When bids received contain both recycled products and non-recycled products, for the purpose of determining the lowest evaluated bid, the original price for the recycled product item shall be decreased by the percentage specified in the solicitation.(b) Should more than one preference allowed by statute apply, the evaluated price shall be based on application of applicable preferences in the order specified below. The preferences (1) through (7) in this subsection.shall be applied to the original prices. The sum of the preferences, where applicable, shall be added to the original price, except that preferences (1) and (4) shall be subtracted from the Hawaii products or recycled products price. (1) Hawaii products list, pursuant to section 103D-1002, HRS;(2) Tax adjustment for tax exempt offerors, pursuant to section 103D-1008, HRS;(3) Preferred use of Hawaii software development businesses, pursuant to section 103D-1006, HRS;(4) Recycled products, pursuant to section 103D-1005, HRS;(5) Reciprocal preference, pursuant to section 103D-1004, HRS;(6) Printing, binding, and stationery work within the State, pursuant to section 103D-1003, HRS;(7) Preference for persons with disabilities, pursuant to section 103D-1009, HRS.(c) The responsible and responsive bidder submitting the lowest evaluated bid, taking into consideration all applicable preferences shall be awarded the contract.(d) The contract amount shall be the original price bid, exclusive of any preference.(e) Should the price comparison, after taking into consideration all applicable preferences, result in identical evaluated prices, award shall be made to the responsible and responsive bidder as follows: (1) To the bidder bidding the product with the higher post-consumer recovered material content; or(2) To the bidder bidding the product with the higher recovered material content if the products have identical post-consumer recovered material content.(f) If the price comparison, after taking into consideration all applicable preferences, result in identical evaluated prices for products with identical recycled content, the procurement officer shall follow the requirements of section 3-122-34 for low tie bids.[Eff 12/15/95; am and comp 11/17/97; am and MAY 20 2004 comp 11/25/02; am and comp MAY 20 2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-1005) (Imp: HRS §§ 103D-1005, 342G-42)