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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 21.13.01.01" title_num="21" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="01" heading="Sole Source, Emergency, and Expedited Procurement Reports.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Requirements. The procedures for approval and reporting the award of a contract under sole source, emergency, or expedited situations are provided under COMAR 21.05.05 when there is only one source and COMAR 21.05.06 for all emergency and expedited procurements except for certain architectural services and engineering services which are governed by COMAR 21.12.02.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Annual Report of Sole Source, Emergency, and Expedited Procurements. Each Department shall prepare and submit an annual written report within 60 days following the close of the fiscal year to the Chief Procurement Officer of contracts awarded during the preceding fiscal year under sole source, emergency, or expedited procurement procedures (COMAR 21.05.05 and 21.05.06), whether the procurement was conducted by the Department or subject to review by the Department. The report shall, at a minimum:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name each contractor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>State the amount and type of each contract;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Describe the supplies, services, maintenance, construction, or construction-related services procured or real property leased;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Describe the basis for the award;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Identify the Department or agency that awarded the contract;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Identify any agency official required to authorize the contract for award;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>State the award date of the procurement contract and the final date of the contract term;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>State the date the contract award notice was posted to eMaryland Marketplace; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>For procurements awarded under the emergency procurement method:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>State the number of days between the agency declaration of an emergency procurement and the contract award date;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>State the date of the emergency declaration; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The date the award was reported to the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Chief Procurement Officer shall submit to the Governor, the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, the House Health and Government Operations Committee, and the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee a consolidated report that includes each report required under §B of this regulation within 90 days following the close of the fiscal year. A report to the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly under this regulation is subject to State Government Article, §2-1257, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>