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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-108" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Preferences to Benefit Disadvantaged Individuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Program” means the Employment Works Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an Employment Works Program in the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall designate Maryland Works, Inc., or another appropriate coordinating entity, to facilitate the distribution of procurement contracts for supplies and services among community service providers and individual with disability owned businesses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The coordinating entity designated under subsection (c) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>identify potential contracts for supplies and services eligible for procurement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish procedures for the selection of community service providers to perform under potentially eligible contracts for preference procurement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establish procedures for remediation of noncompliance with State or Program policies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>provide training and technical assistance to participating community service providers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>conduct cost analyses and market research for submission and review by the Pricing and Selection Committee for the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>provide staff support for the Pricing and Selection Committee for the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>serve as a monitoring agent to ensure that high quality standards are met and maintained by the Program and its participating community service providers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
