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Committee approves broad procurement reform bill with new evaluation factors and BPW study requirement
Summary
The Health and Government Operations Committee adopted amendments and passed House Bill 500, a comprehensive administration bill that revises Maryland procurement law to alter governance, minority business rules, payment practices, and master contracting terms.
The Health and Government Operations Committee adopted amendments and passed House Bill 500, a comprehensive administration bill that revises Marylandprocurement law to alter governance, minority business rules, payment practices, and master contracting terms, and to introduce new requirements related to labor and diversity practices.
Key elements of the bill include clarifying that Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) procurements of supplies and services include information technology supplies subject to Title 3.5 of the State Finance and Procurement law; authorizing the Chief Procurement Officer to use other source-selection methods…
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