# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 27 — Maryland Environmental Service

### Chapter 03 — Procurement

#### Regulation .09 Sole Source Procurement.

*COMAR 14.27.03.09*

A. Conditions for Use.

  (1) Sole source procurement is not permissible unless a requirement is available from only a single vendor.

  (2) The determination as to whether a procurement shall be made as a sole source shall be made by the procurement officer, and approved by the Director. The determination and the basis for it shall be in writing. The Service may not award a contract to a sole source before the Director's approval.

B. Confidential Services. The Service may enter into a sole source contract to retain the confidential services of a contractor:

  (1) To advise the Service in connection with threatened or pending litigation; or

  (2) For appraisal of real property contemplated for acquisition by the Service.