State Government Article §10-112.1 requires all proposed regulations be posted on an agencies' website within 3 days of the Maryland Register publication date.
Proposed Action on Regulations
BPW's draft Tidal Wetland Regulations, COMAR 23.02.04, were published in the Maryland Register on 3/26/21 (Volume 48, Issue 7, pages 264-272) with a 30-day comment period. Comments may be submitted to
bill.morgante@maryland.gov by April 26, 2021.
The link to the proposed regs can be found
here. An Excel sheet comparing the proposed regulations to the current regs can be found
here.
Final Action On Regulations
The following adopted regulations were published in the Maryland Register on June 19, 2020 and went into effect on June 29, 2020.
The June 19, 2020 edition of Maryland Register is available here.
Title 21 - STATE PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS
Notice of Final Action [20-067-F]
On May 20, 2020, the Board of Public Works adopted:
(1) Amendments to Regulation .01 under COMAR 21.01.02 Terminology;
(2) Amendments to Regulation .01 under COMAR 21.01.03 Applicability;
(3) Amendments to Regulations .03 - .05 under COMAR 21.02.01 Board of Public Works;
(4) The repeal of Regulations .01 - .05 under COMAR 21.02.03 Department of Budget & Management;
(5) Amendments to Regulations .01 - .04 and new Regulations .06 - .09 under COMAR 21.02.05 Department of General Services;
(6) Amenments to Regulations .01 - .04 under COMAR 21.02.08 Procurement Improvement Council - Open Meetings;
(7) Amendments to Regulations .01 and .07 under COMAR 21.05.01 General Provisions;
(8) Amendments to Regulations .06, .11, and .17 under COMAR 21.5.02 Procurement by Competitive Sealed Bidding;
(9) Amendments to Regulation .02 under COMAR 21.05.03 Procurement by Competitive Sealed Proposals;
(10) Amendments to Regulations .01 and .07 under COMAR 21.05.09 Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing;
(11) Amendments to Regulation .07 under COMAR 21.05.12 Procurement of Human, Social, Cultural, and Educational Services;
(12) Amendments to Regulation .11 and new Regulations. 29 and .30 under COMAR 21.07.01 Mandatory Contract Provisions - All Contracts (except as provided under COMAR 21.05.07, 21.07.02, and 21.07.03;
(13) Amendments to Regulation .07 under COMAR 21.07.02 Mandatory Construction Contract Clauses;
(14) Amendments to Regulation .01 under COMAR 21.07.03 Mandatory Terms and Conditions for Purchase Orders Over $50,000;
(15) Amendments to Regulations .02 and .04 under COMAR 21.10.02 Protests;
(16) Amendments to Regulations .02, .04 and .05 under COMAR 21.11.01 Small Business Procurements;
(17) Amendments to Regulations .04, .09 and .15 under COMAR 21.11.03 Minority Business Enterprise Policies;
(18) Amendments to Regulation .07 under COMAR 21.11.05 Procurement from Maryland Correctional Enterprises, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, and the Employment Works Program;
(19) Amendments to Regulation .01 under COMAR 21.11.13 Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises; and
(20) Amendments to Regulations .01, .03, .07 and .09 under COMAR 21.13.01 Reporting Requirements.
This action which was proposed for adoption in 47:6 Md. R. 345 - 355 (March 13, 2020), has been adopted as proposed.
Effective Date: June 29, 2020.
John Gontrum, Executive Secretary
Questions regarding the adoption of these regulations may be directed to Gabriel Gnall, Procurement Advisor, at gabriel.gnall@maryland.gov