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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 21.05.13.01" title_num="21" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="13" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following words have the meaning indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Designated procurement unit” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Department of General Services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Department of Transportation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The Department of Information Technology, only with respect to an information technology master contract executed before July 1, 2022, until the earlier of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The expiration date of all information technology master contracts; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>June 30, 2027.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Master contract” means a set of master contractor agreement awards in which only those master contractors with awards in that set may compete for secondary competition awards for a specific type of service, supply, or commodity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Master contracting” means a streamlined procurement method that provides for the qualification of bidders and offerors for the procurement of services, supplies, or commodities, that is subject to secondary competition for the awarding of work.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Master contractor” means a person awarded a master contractor agreement and qualified to compete to provide categories of services, supplies, or commodities under secondary competition.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Master contractor agreement” means an executed standard contract for a specified period of time between the State and a person approved as a master contractor that is subject to secondary competition for the awarding of work.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Secondary competition” means a procurement process in which only approved master contractors may compete to provide the services, supplies, or commodities under the procurement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>