Section 14-503 – Regulations; Compliance
(a) The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidder’s list of qualified small businesses that shall be posted on the Internet. (b) The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall: (1) establish guidelines for Small Business Reserve Program administration; (2) ensure […]
Section 14-404 – Coal in Heating Systems
(a) In this section, “coal products” includes coal in both its synthetic and conventional forms. (b) This section does not apply to a building or facility for which: (1) the Department of the Environment determines that the use of coal products violates a provision of the Environment Article or a regulation that the Department adopts under that article; […]
Section 14-504 – Eligible Procurements; Publication; Awards
(a) Any procurement by a unit of goods, supplies, services, maintenance, construction, construction–related services, architectural services, and engineering services shall be eligible for designation for the small business reserve. (b) A solicitation for procurement that has been designated for a small business reserve shall be published in the same manner as required for an invitation for bids […]
Section 14-405 – Percentage Price Preference for Environmentally Preferable Products or Services
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Environmentally preferable product or service” means a product or service that throughout the full life cycle of the product or service: (i) is energy efficient, water efficient, biobased, nonozone depleting, made with recycled content, or nontoxic; or (ii) has other attributes recognized as environmentally preferable by the […]
Section 14-505 – Reports
(a) Within 60 days after the enactment of the budget bill by the General Assembly, each unit shall submit a report to the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs that complies with the reporting requirements set forth in COMAR 21.11.01.06. (b) (1) Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, each unit shall […]
Section 14-406 – Preference for Mercury Free Products and Equipment
(a) In this section, “preference” includes: (1) a percentage price preference; and (2) any other provision that favors products or equipment that are mercury free or that contain the least amount of mercury necessary to meet product or equipment performance standards over other products. (b) Beginning October 1, 2003, all State agencies shall give preference to products and equipment […]
Section 14-407 – Percentage Price Preference for Locally Grown Foods
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Locally grown food” means food grown in the State. (3) “Percentage price preference” means the percent by which a responsive bid from a responsible bidder whose product is a locally grown food may exceed the lowest responsive bid submitted by a responsible bidder whose product is […]
Section 14-408 – State Fleet Biodiesel Fuel or Other Approved Biofuel Usage
(a) In this section, “biodiesel fuel” means: (1) a fuel, comprised of mono–alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, that is designated B100 and meets the requirements of ASTM D 6751 and its successors; or (2) a blend of biodiesel fuel meeting ASTM D 6751 with petroleum–based diesel fuel, designated as […]
Section 14-409 – Use of Compost in Public Lands of the State
(a) A State or local unit responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the State, to the maximum extent practicable, shall give consideration and preference to the use of compost in any land maintenance activity that is to be paid for with public funds. (b) It is the goal of the Department of General Services to: […]
Section 14-410 – Maryland Green Purchasing Committee
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Committee” means the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee. (3) “Environmentally preferable purchasing” means the procurement or acquisition of goods and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing goods or services that serve the same purpose, based […]