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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-502.1" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Small Business Reserve Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to a procurement by any unit or agency of the Executive Branch of State government for goods, supplies, services, maintenance, construction, construction–related services, architectural services, or engineering services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>procurements made under Subtitle 1 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>procurements involving expenditures of federal dollars, to the extent that inclusion in the small business reserve program conflicts with federal law or grant provisions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the procurement of human, social, cultural, or educational services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>term and master contracts exempted under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A procurement with a total dollar value of $1,000,000 or less shall be designated for the small business reserve.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each unit or agency shall implement this subsection in a manner consistent with all applicable statutes, including the requirements of Subtitle 3 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A procurement may be exempt from designation under subsection (b) of this section if the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs certifies, concurrently with review of any waiver determinations for certified minority business enterprise participation contract goals, that it is not practicable to do so.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Office of State Procurement in the Department of General Services shall assist the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in establishing procedures and guidelines for the exemption of procurements under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
