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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-109" 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 section, “small procurement” means a procurement for which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a unit spends $100,000 or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a contractor provides services subject to § 11–202(3) of this article for expected annual revenues of $100,000 or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Department of General Services or the Department of Transportation is seeking to award a procurement contract for a construction with a value that is $200,000 or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Department of Natural Resources is seeking to award a procurement contract for capital projects or maintenance with a value that is $200,000 or less; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for purposes of administering Title 29, Subtitle 1 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, the State Retirement Agency spends $100,000 or less during a fiscal year for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>expenses related to independent medical evaluations by a physician; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any expenses related to testimony by the physician at administrative hearings on behalf of the Agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A unit may make small procurements in accordance with the regulations of primary procurement units.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A primary procurement unit may not create a small procurement by artificial division of a procurement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any regulation of a primary procurement unit to govern small procurements:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall provide for a simplified administrative procedure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall be consistent with the basic intent of this Division II; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>may not be disadvantageous economically to the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>At least every 3 years, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>review the prevailing costs of labor and materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if warranted by changes in cost, recommend to the General Assembly appropriate adjustments in the ceiling for a small procurement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If a primary procurement unit determines that a unit does not adhere to the established small procurement regulations, the primary procurement unit may limit or revoke a unit’s ability to conduct small procurements.</text>
  </level>
</section>
