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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="16-314.1" title_number="16" title_name="Community Colleges" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Fiscal Matters">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to contracts in amounts not exceeding $100,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board of Trustees of the Community College of Baltimore County may award a procurement contract on the basis of noncompetitive negotiation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For unsolicited offers that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are in writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Are sufficiently detailed to allow a judgment regarding the potential utility of the offer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Are unique or innovative;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Demonstrate the proprietary character of the offering warranting consideration of the use of competitive negotiation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>May be subject to testing under terms and conditions specified by the Director of Purchasing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Cannot be procured through competitive methodologies;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the procurement of goods or services related to instruction or curriculum development;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For the procurement of services related to private fund–raising activities; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Under other circumstances when the Director of Purchasing determines that noncompetitive negotiation is in the best interests of the College and the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board of Trustees of the Community College of Baltimore County shall establish standards and procedures for the application of subsection (b) of this section to a particular transaction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The standards and procedures shall require:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The office, division, or department requesting noncompetitive negotiation to submit a written justification to the Director of Purchasing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A written determination by the Director of Purchasing that noncompetitive negotiation is in the best interest of the College and the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The written approval of the award of the contract on the basis of noncompetitive negotiation by the Board of Trustees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
