The head of each procurement agency shall designate an employee to be a VSBE liaison officer in the administration of that agency’s VSBE Program. The VSBE liaison officer shall be a high-level employee reporting directly to a Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or head of a procurement agency. The VSBE liaison officer is responsible for coordinating agency outreach efforts to the veteran business community, reviewing agency contracting procedures to ensure compliance with this chapter, assisting in the resolution of contracting issues, and for submitting required VSBE Program reports or information.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§14-601—14-605; Chs. 343 and 344, Acts of 2015; Chs. 708 and 709, Acts of 2017;
Ch. 740, Acts of 2018; Ch. 79, Acts of 2021

Effective date: July 23, 2012 (39:14 Md. R. 839)

Regulation .01A amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .01B amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .02B amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .04D amended effective July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .05 amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .05B amended effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 488)

Regulations .01—.10 recodified from COMAR 21.11.13 to COMAR 21.11.14 effective December 28, 2020 (47:26 Md. R. 1108)

Chapter revised effective May 16, 2022 (49:10 Md. R. 562)

Regulation .01A amended effective September 16, 2024 (51:18 Md. R. 810)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .03C, D amended effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .04B amended effective September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800)

Regulation .04E adopted effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .06B amended effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .07B, C, E amended effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .09A amended effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)

Regulation .12 Verification repealed and new Regulation .12 Certification Procedures adopted effective April 1, 2024 (51:6 Md. R. 270)