# COMAR Title 21 — State Procurement Regulations

## Subtitle 11 — Socioeconomic Policies

### Chapter 02 — Implementation of the “Buy American Steel” Act

#### Regulation .04 Price of Steel Products.

*COMAR 21.11.02.04*

The price of any steel product of domestic origin is not unreasonable if:

A. The price does not exceed the sum of the bid or offered price of a similar steel product of foreign origin, plus a differential of 20 percent of the bid or offered price of the steel product of foreign origin; or

B. The steel product is produced in a “substantial labor surplus area” as defined by the United States Department of Labor and the price does not exceed the sum of the bid or offered price of a similar steel product of foreign origin, plus a differential of 30 percent of the bid or offered price of the steel product of foreign origin.