Section 14-603 – Awarding of Contract
(a) For procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, a unit shall award the contract to the responsible bidder that submits the responsive bid that: (1) (i) has the lowest bid price; (ii) has the lowest evaluated bid price; or (iii) for procurements subject to § 11–202(3) of this article, is the bid most favorable to the State; and (2) meets or […]
Section 14-604 – Regulations, Procedures and Report
The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall: (1) adopt regulations to implement this subtitle; (2) establish procedures for tracking and reporting participation of veteran–owned small business enterprises under this subtitle; and (3) on or before December 1 of each year, report to the Legislative Policy Committee on: (i) the number and dollar value of contracts […]
Section 14-604.1 – Advisory Committee on Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises — Chair — Members — Duties
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Advisory Committee” means the Advisory Committee on Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprises. (3) “Office” means the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs. (4) “Special Secretary” means the Special Secretary for the Office. (b) The Office shall establish an Advisory Committee on Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprises. (c) The Special […]
Section 14-605 – Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prohibition From Further Contracting With State; Report
(a) A person may not: (1) knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtain, attempt to obtain, or aid another person in fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain, public money, procurement contracts, or funds expended under a procurement contract to which the person is not entitled under this article; (2) knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently represent […]
Section 14-411 – Employee Uniforms and Equipment — Place of Manufacture
(a) In this section, “public employer” means: (1) a unit; (2) a county; (3) a municipality in the State; (4) a school district in the State; or (5) any special district in the State. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, a public employer may not knowingly buy, furnish, or require an employee to buy or acquire for use […]
Section 14-412 – Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Fixtures in State Buildings
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Lamp” means the component of a luminaire that produces the light. (3) “Lumen” means a unit of measurement of luminous flux. (4) “Luminaire” means the complete lighting unit, including the lamp or other component that produces light and the assembly that holds the lamp, including an assembly […]
Section 14-413 – Disclosure of Conflict Minerals Originated in Democratic Republic of Congo Required
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Conflict mineral” means a mineral or mineral derivative determined under federal law to be financing human conflict. (ii) “Conflict mineral” includes columbite–tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframrite, or derivatives of these minerals. (3) “Noncompliant person” means a person: (i) that is required to disclose under federal law information relating […]
Section 14-414 – Purchasing Electronic Products
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Electronic product” means a product covered by EPEAT or another comprehensive environmental rating system approved by the Department of Information Technology. (3) “EPEAT” means the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. (b) When purchasing an electronic product to be used by the State, a State unit shall purchase […]
Section 14-415 – Recycling Electronic Products
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Certified e–Stewards recycler” means a recycler of electronic products that has successfully completed the e–Stewards certification program created by the Basel Action Network. (3) “Electronic product” means a product recycled by: (i) a certified e–Stewards recycler; (ii) a R2 certified recycler; or (iii) a recycler of electronic products that […]
Section 14-416 – Purchase of American Manufactured Goods
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “American manufactured goods” means goods that: (i) are manufactured in the United States; or (ii) are assembled in the United States. (3) (i) “Emergency life safety and property safety goods” means any goods when provided for installation in, as part of, or as an addition to a system designed […]