{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-14-204","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 14–204","heading":"","body":"The Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for:\n(1) compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidder’s list of small businesses;\n(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;\n(3) helping small businesses to comply with the procedures for bidding on procurement contracts;\n(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;\n(5) bidding for a procurement contract designated for a small business preference;\n(6) simplifying procurement specifications and terms, to increase the opportunities for small business participation;\n(7) investigating the responsibility of bidders on small business preferences; and\n(8) explaining to a small business the reason for which its bid for a small business preference was rejected.","path":["Article - State Finance and Procurement"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsf\u0026section=14-204","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:48Z","sha256":"6740c65838545344ff86b869db33d5519e707097ac5ff90130bb332e02574b4b","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-14-203","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-14-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}