When the bidder or offeror proposes to use steel products of foreign origin and that bid or offer is the apparent most favorable bid or most advantageous offer:

1. A. Within a reasonable time after bid opening, the bidder or offeror shall submit to the procurement officer, information in support of the claim that the bid or offered price of similar domestic steel products is unreasonable;
2. B. The procurement officer may undertake independent investigation of the bid or offered price of similar foreign and domestic steel products.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101 and 17-301—17-306, Annotated Code of Maryland

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

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-3); emergency status expired October 1, 1981 (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)

Regulations .01 and .02 amended effective May 10, 1982 (9:9 Md. R. 912)

Regulations .02, .04--.08 amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Annotation: COMAR 21.11.02.02B cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 81-001 (January 15, 1981) (cited to the previous codification at COMAR

11.01.12.02B