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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="15-204" title_number="15" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Procurement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission’s procurement regulations may establish a local small business enterprise program to encourage local small business enterprise participation in appropriate procurement activities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations adopted in accordance with this section may include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>procedures for reliable documentation of a business entity’s official designation by Montgomery County or Prince George’s County as a local small business enterprise;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>procedures to be followed by staff, prospective contractors, and successful bidders or offerors to maximize notice to, and the opportunity to participate in the procurement process by, a broad range of local small business enterprises; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provisions to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>extend reasonable competitive preferences for local small business enterprises;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>establish procurement goals of utilization of local small business enterprises; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>reserve particular procurement activities for local small business enterprises under appropriate circumstances.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
