State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses
What this bill does
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet certain federal procurement standards; establishing certain overall percentage goals of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made directly or indirectly with historically underutilized business zone businesses in certain years; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to adopt regulations establishing a certification process and a percentage price preference; and establishing penalties for certain violations.
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Testimony (6)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Allen, Hannahlobbyist | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Salling, Senator Sallinglegislator | Individual | Oral |
| INFO | Woolums, John | DGS | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Gardner, Davon | Department of Social & Economic Mobility (DoSEM) | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |