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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-101" title_number="13" title_name="Source Selection -- State Procurement Contracts" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Methods of Source Selection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Designated procurement unit” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Department of General Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Department of Transportation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Department of Information Technology, only with respect to an information technology master contract executed before July 1, 2022, until the earlier of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the expiration date of all information technology master contracts; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>June 30, 2027.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“eMaryland Marketplace” or “eMaryland Marketplace Advantage” means the Internet–based procurement system managed by the Department of General Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Evaluated bid price” means the price of a bid after adjustment in accordance with objective measurable criteria.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Master contracting” means a streamlined procurement method that provides for the qualification of bidders and offerors for the procurement of services, supplies, or commodities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Objective measurable criteria” means standards that enable the State to compare the economy, effectiveness, or value of the subject of the bids.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Objective measurable criteria” includes standards of reliability, operational costs, maintainability, useful life, and residual value.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Person” includes, unless the context requires otherwise:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county, a municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any unit of the State government or a political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Task order” means a procurement process in which only those vendors with master contracts may compete to provide the services, supplies, or commodities under the procurement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
