Procurement Compliance Bulletin 9.3.2019

Governor's Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs

Procurement Compliance Bulletin

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Inside this issue:
MBE Annual Report Due
SBR Annual Report Due

09.03.18


Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program

This is a reminder that the FY2019 MBE Annual Report must be completed and submitted on or before September 30, 2019.

Each Agency/Department must submit the following:

  • Form 1 & 2 as EXCEL sheets and the signed signature page
  • MBE Contracts Inventory Report as EXCEL sheets
  • Data entry in the Form 3 Web Portal (Contact GOSBA for access issues)
    • As a reminder, you will need to enter new contracts and subcontractors and update contract information previously submitted.  Expired Contract data should be removed
    • Make sure you select 2019 as the FY you are submitting when you choose to submit your data
  • A completed and signed Summary Sheet 
  • All backup documentation from both FMIS and non-FMIS users as EXCEL sheets

The documentation listed above is mandatory and must be submitted on or before September 30, 2019 to the reports.goma@maryland.gov email box.

Please give the proper attention to these mandatory reports by following the instructions carefully and providing complete responses in the correct format. The 2019 report templates, a fill-in summary template, and the 2019 MBE Reporting Manual are now live on the MBE Reporting Toolkit of our website.

GOSBA MBE Reporting Toolkit

If you have any questions, contact:
MBE Compliance Manager, Nichelle Johnson
at nichelle.johnson1@maryland.gov or 410-697-9605.


Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program

This is a reminder that the FY2019 SBR Annual Report must be completed and submitted on or before September 30, 2019.

Please take time to read the reporting instructions that provide more clarity regarding how to properly complete the SBR Annual Report. To facilitate the report verification process, you must provide, with your report, all documentation for any adjustments made to the data shown on the original system-generated report. The report instructions and template are essentially the same as FY2018.

The FY2019 SBR Annual Report must be completed and signed by the unit head and the chief financial officer and submitted on or before September 30, 2019 to the reports.goma@maryland.gov email box.

The FY2019 SBR Annual Reporting Instructions, FY2019 SBR Annual Report Template, an Annual Report Agency Example, and the GAD List are now live on the MBE Reporting Toolkit  of our website.  

GOSBA SBR Program Toolkit

If you have any questions, contact:
SBR Compliance Manager, Lisa Mitchell Sennaar 
at lisa.sennaar@maryland.gov or 410-697-9613.