If the procurement officer determines that a competitive source selection method cannot be used because there is only one available source for the subject of the contract or if the proposed contract is one that is contemplated by Regulation .02C or D of this chapter, the procurement officer, after obtaining the approval of the agency head and all other approvals required by law or regulation, may award a contract without competition to the sole source.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101 and 13-107, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulation .01 amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .02C and D adopted effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .04A amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138); November 7, 2005 (32:22 Md. R. 1759); April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .04B amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)