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New Liaison Welcome Packet.pdf​​​​​​​​​​ is being updated​​

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​Policies and Procedures


 

Procurement
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mbe reporting toolkit 
MBE reporting toolkit
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 Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program Reporting Toolkit

This toolkit contains valuable information to assist State agencies/departments with the management and compliance of the Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program. (This page is intended for internal state users only. Vendors do not submit these reports.)

 



   

​​​​​​​​​​​​FY2026​ Procurement Forecast

​​​​Due June 30, 2025


This data, which includes all projected purchases of $100,000 and above for the fiscal year. Keep in mind the forecast is provided to the public and serves as an important tool for the small, minority, women, and veteran business community. Please give the proper attention to this mandatory report by following the instructions and ​being thorough with your responses. 
Attention, MBE, SBR and VSBE Liaisons- Units only need to submit one report with all projected procurements.

You must use the updated Instructions and Template below. DO NOT use previous years Instructions or Template.
                                             

Procurement Forecast Instructions

​​​Procurement Forecast Template​


Forward completed reports to compliance.gosba@maryland.gov

 

If you have any questions, you may contact

Lisa Mitchell Sennaar at lisa.sennaar@maryland.gov






​FY2025 Small Business Reserve (SBR)
Annual Report 
Due September 30, 2025 


Per COMAR 21.13.01.03​ B​. ​​Each procurement unit shall submit a report on the small business reserve program to the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, in a format determined by the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs. No 4th Quarter Report is due. The Annual Report will be cumulative with data from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025
Do not use templates from previous years. Annual Reports are required to be signed by agency head.

​ SBR Annual Report Instructions... ​will be posted by July 1, 2025

SBR Annual Report Template... will be posted by July 1, 2025​​​​​

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REPORTING  RESO​​URCES  ​​

Forward completed reports via email to: sbrreports.gosba@maryland.gov

For questions, contact: 

SBR Compliance Manager​s Lisa Mitchell Sennaar or Tanita Johnson 

 lisa.sennaar@maryland.gov or tanita.johnson1@maryland.gov




   

    
A working knowledge of EXCEL is required to prepare the ​MBE and SBR reports. If you are not familiar with this software application, click here to access Microsoft training resources or visit The HUB, Maryland's Learning Management System (LMS), to access a catalog of training classes available to State employees. 

 

To assist agencies using Statewide FMIS,​ the ANSWERS database allows certain FMIS standard reports to be downloaded electronically. DoIT has just launched an updated and enhanced version of ANSWERS. You may need new logins and passwords. Read about the changes: NEW ANSWERS Announcement


ANSWERS database for Statewide FMIS users
https://net.md.gov/apps/Answers/​
DoIT Service Desk​
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032
410-697-9700
Service.Desk@maryland.gov
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