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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 21.11.03.06" title_num="21" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="03" heading="Central Directory.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The certification agency shall publish and maintain in an electronic format available to the general public through the internet a Central Directory of MBEs it has certified under this chapter. The Central Directory shall specify the type of supplies, services, maintenance, construction, construction-related services, architectural services, or engineering services primarily provided by the MBE, and the date of certification. It shall include the address, phone number, and contact person for the MBE, and MBE classifications of each certified business.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Central Directory shall include all contract information available to the certification agency for the MBE except when disclosure is prohibited by State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part III, Annotated Code of Maryland, the certification number of the MBE, and contact information for up to three professional references for the MBE.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Central Directory may include other information the certification agency considers necessary or appropriate to encourage participation in the procurement process by MBEs.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Central Directory shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be updated at least monthly;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identify the date of certification for each MBE that has obtained certification during the calendar year; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include a list of all MBEs that have become ineligible to participate in the MBE Program because:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>One or more of its owners has a personal net worth exceeding the amount defined under Regulation .03B(11) of this chapter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The MBE no longer meets the small business size standards, as defined under Regulation .15 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The certification agency may include in the Central Directory a listing of “community service providers”, as that term is defined under COMAR 21.11.05.01B(2).</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>