Any solicitation containing an MBE subcontract participation goal, except small procurements made under COMAR 21.05.07, shall include a clause the same as or similar to the following:

1. A. "An overall MBE subcontract participation goal of _____ percent of the total contract dollar amount, including all renewal option terms, if any, has been established for this procurement. By submitting a response to this solicitation, the bidder or offeror acknowledges the overall MBE subcontractor participation goal, and commits to achieving the goal by utilizing certified minority business enterprises or requests a full or partial waiver of the goal.”; or
2. B. "An overall MBE subcontract participation goal of _____ percent of the total contract dollar amount, including all renewal option terms, if any, has been established for this procurement. The overall MBE subcontract participation goal includes the following subgoals, which have been established for this procurement: _____% for African-American MBEs; _____% for Asian-American MBEs; _____% for Hispanic-American MBEs; and _____% for Woman-Owned MBEs. By submitting a response to this solicitation, the bidder or offeror acknowledges the overall MBE subcontractor participation goal and subgoals, and commits to achieving the overall goal and subgoals by utilizing certified minority business enterprises, or requests a full or partial waiver of the overall goal and subgoals.”

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Regulations .01—.07 repealed and new Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md.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Regulation .05 repealed effective November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md.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)