PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 680

a primary procurement unit in a certain manner; specifying situations under which
an intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement is appropriate; prohibiting
a primary procurement unit from participating under a federal contract if the
State's participation is valued at less than a specified denomination; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to authorization for the use of intergovernmental
cooperative purchasing agreements.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 13-102
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 13-110

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

13-102.

(a) Except as provided in Subtitle 3 of this title, all procurement by units shall be
by competitive sealed bids unless one of the following methods specifically is authorized:

(1)     competitive sealed proposals under § 13-104 or § 13-105 of this subtitle;

(2)     noncompetitive negotiation under § 13-106 of this subtitle;

(3)     sole source procurement under § 13-107 of this subtitle;

(4)     emergency or expedited procurement under § 13-108 of this subtitle;

[or]

(5) small procurement under § 13-109 of this subtitle; OR

(6) AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
AGREEMENT UNDER § 13-110 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(b) (1) In awarding a procurement contract for human, social, cultural, or
educational service, the preferred method is by competitive sealed proposals under §
13-104 of this subtitle.

(2)     In awarding a procurement contract for a lease of real property, the
preferred method is by competitive sealed proposals under § 13-105 of this subtitle.

(3)     PROCUREMENT UNDER AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE
PURCHASING AGREEMENT IS APPROPRIATE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE STATE IS

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