A minority business enterprise notification is a mandatory provision for all solicitations as follows: “Minority business enterprises are encouraged to respond to this solicitation”.

Authority: : Election Law Article, §§14-101—14-108; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§3-412, 3.5-311, 11-206, 12-101, 13-207, 13-218, 13-221, 14-303, 14-308, 14-406, 16-102, 16-202, 16-203, 17-401—17-402, and Title 19; Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 293, Acts of 2009

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

Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective March 17, 1982 (9:6 Md. R. 612); emergency status expired June 30, 1982; adopted permanently effective July 5, 1982 (9:13 Md. R. 1354)

Regulations .05A and B amended effective May 6, 1985 (12:9 Md. R. 816)

Regulations .06 and .07 adopted effective June 4, 1984 (11:11 Md. R. 963)

Regulations .01—.07 repealed and new Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .02A amended and C adopted effective May 20, 1996 (23:10 Md. R. 733)

Regulation .04 amended effective March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 505); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .05 repealed effective November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1936)

Regulation .05 adopted effective March 8, 1999 (26:5 Md. R. 393)

Regulation .05A, B amended September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800); April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 369)

Regulation .07 amended effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 488)

Regulation .07B amended effective October 1, 1990 (17:19 Md. R. 2322); August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221); November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1936); January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79); November 7, 2005 (32:22 Md. R. 1759); March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 562); April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751); May 31, 2010 (37:11 Md. R. 766); August 8, 2011 (38:16 Md. R. 946); July 23, 2012 (39:14 Md. R. 839); May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .08 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 8, 1997 (24:18 Md. R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1608)

Regulation .08 adopted effective July 9, 2001 (28:13 Md. R. 1216)

Regulation .08B amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .08B, E amended effective April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751)

Regulation .09 adopted effective May 26, 2003 (30:10 Md. R. 668)

Regulation .10 adopted effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 338)