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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-113" title_number="13" title_name="Source Selection -- State Procurement Contracts" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Methods of Source Selection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The designated procurement units may adopt master contracting, a streamlined procurement  method, to provide for the qualification of an offeror in one or more categories of services, supplies, or commodities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a designated procurement unit adopts master contracting, the master contracting method shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the categories of services, supplies, or commodities in which an offeror may submit a proposal for qualification;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a procedure for the consideration and approval of proposals for qualification of multiple offerors in each category of services, supplies, or commodities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the execution of a standard contract for a specified period of time between the State and an offeror approved  as a master contractor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a performance evaluation procedure to be used by a unit of the Executive Branch to evaluate the performance of a qualified offeror that has completed work on a task order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A unit of the Executive Branch that requires services, supplies, or commodities covered under a master contract may issue a solicitation for a task order to a master contractor consistent with the regulations adopted under § 13–114 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the solicitation for a task order shall include a statement of the:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>factors that will be used in evaluating a master contractor’s response; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>relative importance of each factor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a task order designated as a small business reserve in accordance with § 14–502 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, if the unit of the Executive Branch expects that the total cost of the services, supplies, or commodities will exceed $500,000, the unit shall issue a solicitation for a task order to all master contractors in the appropriate category established by the designated procurement unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the unit of the Executive Branch expects that the total cost of the services, supplies, or commodities will exceed $100,000 but will not exceed $500,000, the unit shall issue a solicitation for a task order to a minimum of six qualified master contractors on a rotating basis for master contracts designated by the Chief Procurement Officer or all master contractors, whichever is less, in the appropriate category established by the designated procurement unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the unit of the Executive Branch expects that the total cost of the services, supplies, or commodities will be $100,000 or less, the unit shall issue a solicitation for a task order to a minimum of three qualified master contractors on a rotating basis for master contracts designated by the Chief Procurement Officer or all master contractors, whichever is fewer, in the appropriate category established by the designated procurement unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, after a unit of the Executive Branch receives responses from master contractors to a solicitation for a task order, the unit shall evaluate the responses and may select a master contractor based on the response that is determined to be the most advantageous to the State considering the evaluation factors set forth in the task order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, oral presentations are required prior to selecting a master contractor when:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the total value of the task order is expected to exceed $2,000,000 for architectural and engineering services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total value of the task order is expected to exceed $10,000,000 for construction and construction related services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for all other procurement, including information technology and professional services, when the total value of the task order is expected to exceed $5,000,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the procurement officer makes a written determination that oral presentations are unlikely to aid in the evaluation process, oral presentations will not be required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The requirements of subsections (c)(2), (d), and (e)(1) of this section do not apply to a master contract for construction if the master contract:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is awarded through a competitive process in accordance with this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>states:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>how task orders will be awarded; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the maximum number of qualified contractors that will be awarded a master contract for construction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
