Maryland Code, State Finance and Procurement § 14-204

(1) compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidder's list of small businesses;

(2) locating potential sources for various construction related services, supplies, and services and affirmatively seeking to locate potential minority business enterprise sources for those construction related services, supplies, and services;

(3) helping small businesses to comply with the procedures for bidding on procurement contracts;

(4) examining requests for construction related services, supplies, and services to determine when an invitation for bids may be designated for the Small Business Preference Program;

(5) bidding for a procurement contract designated for a small business preference;

(6) simplifying procurement specifications and terms, to increase the opportunities for small business participation;

(7) investigating the responsibility of bidders on small business preferences; and

(8) explaining to a small business the reason for which its bid for a small business preference was rejected.