Ch. 329

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 329
(House Bill 847)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County - Competitive Bidding - Exceptions

FOR the purpose of providing that, in Calvert County, when the county is acting as
the general contractor, certain purchases or contracts for less than a certain
amount may be awarded after obtaining a certain number of quotes and need
not comply with certain competitive bidding procedures; and generally relating
to exceptions to competitive bidding requirements in Calvert County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Calvert County

Section 6-102

Article 5 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1986 Edition and July 1991 Supplement, as amended)

(As enacted by Chapter 402 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997, as
amended by Chapter 84 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998)

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

Article 5 - Calvert County

6-102.

(A) The following types of contracts may be awarded without complying with
the bidding procedures otherwise required under this subtitle:

(1)     Purchases or contracts involving less than $15,000;

(2)     Purchases of supplies or services that are available only through one
source;

(3)     Contracts for professional services such as those of attorneys,
physicians, architects, engineers, accountants, consultants, and others possessing a
similar high degree of technical skill and expertise, provided that to the extent
appropriate for the particular service to be provided, an attempt is made to secure
competitive proposals for these services;

(4)     Purchases or contracts made when the County Commissioners
determine that an emergency exists, provided that the Commissioners publish an
explanation of the circumstances deemed to constitute the emergency in at least 2
county newspapers; [and]

(5)     Purchases based on federal, state, county, or municipal contracts that
are established by a legal competitive process; AND

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