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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-502" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Small Business Reserve Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, this subtitle applies to all procurements by a unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to procurements subject to Subtitle 1 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To the extent practicable, a unit shall structure its procurement procedures to achieve a minimum of 20% of the unit’s total dollar value of goods, supplies, services, maintenance, construction, construction–related services, and architectural and engineering service contracts to be made directly to small businesses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The total dollar value of procurements by a unit does not include the value of contracts to which this section does not apply because of a conflict with federal law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A unit may apply toward the unit’s overall annual Small Business Reserve achievement awards made to a small business under designated small business reserve contracts as well as awards made to a small business under nondesignated small business reserve contracts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall establish standards and guidelines for participation in the Small Business Reserve Program every 5 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The standards and guidelines established under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall allow for the registration of businesses for participation in the Small Business Reserve Program without the need to file any additional paperwork other than evidence that the business:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is a small business under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>is certified as a minority business enterprise under Subtitle 3 of this title;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is certified under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is qualified as a small business under Subtitle 2 of this title.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
