# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 14. Preferences

### Subtitle 10

#### Section 14-1004

(a) A unit may include an ESOP evaluation factor in the technical evaluation for a competitive sealed proposal under Sec. 13-104 of this article for a contract subject to this subtitle.

(b) An ESOP evaluation factor may be:

  (1) if a point system is used for evaluation of proposals, up to the percentage of the total allocable technical points authorized under Sec. 14-1003 of this subtitle; or

  (2) if a point system is not used for evaluation of proposals, ranked in its relative order of importance.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)