17-229-105 Me. Code R. § 02
The Department may suspend the right of a Contractor to submit bids on Construction Contracts for a term of not less than 90 days, but not more than two years. In setting the period of suspension, the Department will consider the degree to which the Contractor has violated the grounds for suspension set forth in 105.03 as well as the gravity of the attendant consequences of such violation. Suspension does not affect the suspended Contractor's right to perform Work as a subcontractor on Construction Contracts provided that the suspended Contractor does not work as a subcontractor for its Predecessor Entity or its Related Entity.
Suspension is distinguishable from debarment in that the suspended Contractor is only prohibited from bidding on Construction Contracts, but the suspended Contractor can work as a subcontractor. In the case of suspension, the maximum period of suspension under this rule is two years. Compare the "Rules Regarding Debarment of Contractors", Me. Dept. of Trans. Reg. 17-229, Chap. 102.
17-229 C.M.R. ch. 105, § 02