HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(i) [A] A requirement that the solicitation
document accompanying each [request for bids] SOLICITATION set
forth the degree of minority business enterprise participation
expected based, in part, upon the potential subcontract
opportunities available in the prime contract and the
availability of certified minority business enterprises to
competitively respond to the potential subcontract opportunities;

(ii) [A] A requirement that the DESIGNATED
department or agency make available a current list of certified
minority business enterprises to each prospective contractor;

(iii) [Provisions] PROVISIONS assuring the
uniformity of requests for bids on subcontracts;

(iv) [Provisions] PROVISIONS relating to the
timing of requests for bids on subcontracts and of submission of
bids thereon;

(v) [Provisions] PROVISIONS designed to assure
that a fiscal disadvantage to the State does not result from an
inadequate response by minority business enterprises to a request
for bids;

(vi) [Provisions] PROVISIONS relating to any
circumstances under which obligations of the contractor relating
to minority business enterprise participation may be waived by
the department or agency; and

(vii) [Such] SUCH other provisions as the Board
considers necessary or appropriate to encourage participation by
minority business enterprises, and to protect the integrity of
the procurement process.

(c) (1) Subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government
Article, each DESIGNATED department shall make a report annually
within 90 days following the close of the fiscal year to the
Board, the Legislative Policy Committee, and the Governor's
Office of Minority Affairs of the total number and value of its
[purchases] PROCUREMENTS from minority business enterprises[,]
and the percentage which those [purchases] PROCUREMENTS represent
of [its] THE total number and value of its [purchases]
PROCUREMENTS for the preceding fiscal year.

(2) (I) Each procurement agency, other than the
DESIGNATED departments, shall compile, to the extent available,
the information specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Not later than 90 days following the close of each fiscal year,
each SUCH procurement agency shall transmit that information to
the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs and additionally shall
state whatever steps it has taken to comply with paragraph (b)(3)
of this section.

(II) The Governor's Office of Minority Affairs
shall report not later than the end of the calendar year to the