Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) serves as the primary contracting liaison for the Commerce, Community, and Economic Development agency, overseeing the procurement of temporary administrative and operational support services critical to sustaining rural and urban community resilience initiatives. In this role, the AIDEA Contact manages the full lifecycle of acquisition activities, from needs assessment and solicitation development to contract award and performance monitoring, ensuring alignment with Alaska’s strategic priorities in infrastructure adaptation, regional planning, and local governance capacity building. Their acquisitions are primarily focused on temporary help services that enable field staff, planners, and administrative teams to respond dynamically to evolving community needs across Alaska’s vast and remote regions. The AIDEA Contact maintains relationships with a broad base of temporary staffing agencies and workforce solutions providers that deliver skilled personnel for project-based roles in environmental assessment, data collection, community outreach, and municipal support functions. These vendor partnerships are characterized by recurring, task-order-based engagements that prioritize flexibility, rapid mobilization, and geographic scalability. While no single contractor dominates the portfolio, the contact consistently evaluates vendors on responsiveness, compliance with state labor standards, and capacity to deploy personnel to isolated communities. The AIDEA Contact does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of procurements conducted under open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing vendor competition and operational efficiency rather than targeted socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the agency’s need for rapid, scalable workforce solutions across diverse regions. The primary NAICS classification for all acquisitions is 561320 (Temporary Help Services), reflecting a deep specialization in procuring temporary administrative, clerical, and field support personnel. The contact’s technical expertise lies in identifying and securing staffing solutions that support complex, time-sensitive projects in community development, flood risk mitigation, and regional planning—ensuring Alaska’s public agencies maintain agile, compliant, and locally responsive operational capacity.