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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-603" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Participation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, a unit shall award the contract to the responsible bidder that submits the responsive bid that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>has the lowest bid price;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has the lowest evaluated bid price; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for procurements subject to § 11–202(3) of this article, is the bid most favorable to the State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets or makes a good faith effort to meet any applicable overall percentage goal established under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For procurements conducted by competitive sealed proposals, a unit shall award the contract to the responsible offeror:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>proposing the most advantageous offer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that meets or makes a good faith effort to meet any applicable overall percentage goal established under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
