# COMAR Title 21 — State Procurement Regulations

## Subtitle 05 — Procurement Methods and Project Delivery Methods

### Chapter 01 — General Provisions

#### Regulation .01 Methods of Source Selection.

*COMAR 21.05.01.01*

Unless otherwise authorized by law, all State procurement contracts shall be awarded by one of the following methods, at the procurement officer’s discretion, where applicable:

A. Competitive sealed bidding under COMAR 21.05.02;

B. Competitive sealed proposals under COMAR 21.05.03 ;

C. Negotiated award after unsatisfactory competitive sealed bidding;

D. Noncompetitive negotiations:

  (1) Sole source under COMAR 21.05.05;

  (2) Emergency and expedited under COMAR 21.05.06;

E. Small procurement procedures under COMAR 21.05.07;

F. Noncompetitive negotiated procurement under COMAR 21.05.12.04;

G. Intergovernmental cooperative purchasing under COMAR 21.05.09;

H. Architectural, engineering, and land surveying services qualification based selection under COMAR 21.12;

I. Master contracting under COMAR 21.05.13;

J. Auction bids under COMAR 21.05.14; or

K. Pay-for-success contracting under COMAR 21.05.15.