(a) The Commission’s procurement regulations may establish a local small business enterprise program to encourage local small business enterprise participation in appropriate procurement activities.
(b) The regulations adopted in accordance with this section may include:
(1) procedures for reliable documentation of a business entity’s official designation by Montgomery County or Prince George’s County as a local small business enterprise;
(2) procedures to be followed by staff, prospective contractors, and successful bidders or offerors to maximize notice to, and the opportunity to participate in the procurement process by, a broad range of local small business enterprises; and
(3) provisions to:
(i) extend reasonable competitive preferences for local small business enterprises;
(ii) establish procurement goals of utilization of local small business enterprises; and
(iii) reserve particular procurement activities for local small business enterprises under appropriate circumstances.