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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-218.1" title_number="13" title_name="Source Selection -- State Procurement Contracts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Procedural Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “service contract” has the meaning stated in § 13–401 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 60 days before the issuance of a solicitation for a service contract that is not exempt under § 13–403(c) or § 13–404(b) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, the unit shall provide the exclusive representative of the employees who may be affected by the service contract with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>written notice of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>work that is being proposed for contracting; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>contracting procedures, requirements, timetables, and employee rights as provided in Title 13, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a reasonable opportunity to meet and discuss alternatives to the proposed service contract.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Except as provided in subsubparagraph 2 of this subparagraph, this paragraph applies to a solicitation for a service contract for janitorial services.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>This paragraph does not apply to a service contract for janitorial services under Title 14, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In consultation with the Department of General Services, the Board shall adopt regulations concerning a solicitation for a service contract for janitorial services to require that a bidder or offeror delineate its costs by category, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>labor;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>cleaning supplies; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>projected man–hours to satisfactorily complete the service.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A violation of this section does not constitute grounds to challenge or appeal an award of a procurement or the process through which the procurement was conducted.</text>
  </level>
</section>
