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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett and President Mosby
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
title
Required Market Research
For the purpose of requiring contracting agencies to conduct market research investigations before determining that no qualified certified business enterprises are available to enter into leases or concession contracts; requiring the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office to attempt to identify qualified certified business enterprises if contracting agencies state that no qualified certified business enterprises are available to enter into leases or concession contracts; requiring the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office to notify the contracting agency and the Board of Estimates if the Office identifies qualified certified business enterprises that are available to enter into leases or concession contracts; requiring contracting agencies that want to waive or reduce MBE/WBE contract goals to conduct market research and document the market research to demonstrate why it is necessary to waive or reduce MBE/WBE contract goals; requiring the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office, if granting the waiver or reduction of contract goals, to give the waiver or reduction of contract goals and the accompanying market research documentation to the Board of Estimates; requiring contracting agenc...
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