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Committee holds procurement overhaul after debate over local business participation targets
Summary
CB 37-2025 proposes broad revisions to procurement code including reducing county-based small/minority business participation targets from 50% to 35%. The committee heard administration and procurement office rationale but several council members requested more work; the committee voted to hold the bill.
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee on May 12 reviewed CB 37-2025, a comprehensive set of amendments to Subtitle 10A (procurement) that would change administrative procedures, multiyear contract rules and county-based participation targets for certified county-based small businesses and minority business enterprises (MBEs).
Roger Benagis of the Office of Budget and Policy Analysis described the bill's substantive elements and its potential…
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