Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14-204 - ProceduresThe Board shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for:
(1) compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidder's list of small businesses;(2) locating potential sources for various construction related services, supplies, and services and affirmatively seeking to locate potential minority business enterprise sources for those construction related services, supplies, and services;(3) helping small businesses to comply with the procedures for bidding on procurement contracts;(4) examining requests for construction related services, supplies, and services to determine when an invitation for bids may be designated for the Small Business Preference Program;(5) bidding for a procurement contract designated for a small business preference;(6) simplifying procurement specifications and terms, to increase the opportunities for small business participation;(7) investigating the responsibility of bidders on small business preferences; and(8) explaining to a small business the reason for which its bid for a small business preference was rejected.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 653,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.