ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 74

(5)     establish a system to develop, collect, summarize, and give out
information that would help a person to:

(i) establish a minority business enterprise;

(ii) operate a minority business enterprise successfully; or

(iii) promote the establishment and successful operation of minority
business enterprises; and

(6)     subject to the limitations of law and the availability of funds:

(i) provide technical and managerial assistance to minority
business enterprises;

(ii) provide the managerial and organizational framework for
private entities and units of the State government to plan and carry out joint
undertakings that relate to minority business enterprises; and

(iii) pay, wholly or partly, the costs of a pilot or demonstration
project that is intended to overcome the special problems of minority business
enterprises.

9-306.

(a) On or before the 15th day of each regular session of the General Assembly,
the [Director] SPECIAL SECRETARY shall send an annual report on the Office of
Minority Affairs:

(1)     to the Governor; and

(2)     subject to § 2-1246 of this article, to the General Assembly.

Article - State Finance and Procurement
13-103.

(a) (1) Whenever procurement is based on competitive sealed bids, a
procurement officer shall seek bids by issuing an invitation for bids.

(2) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an invitation for bids shall
include:

(i) the specifications of the procurement contract, INCLUDING THE
EXPECTED DEGREE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION, AS
PROVIDED IN § 14-303(B) OF THIS ARTICLE;

(ii) whether the procurement contract will be awarded based on the
lowest bid price, the lowest evaluated bid price or, if the procurement is subject to §
11-202(3) of this article, the bid most favorable to the State;

(iii) if the procurement contract will be based on evaluated bid price,
the objective measurable criteria by which the lowest evaluated bid price will be
determined; and

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