Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 17-502
Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 17-502
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) In addition to any other provision of law, the following persons shall use eMaryland Marketplace to publish notice of a procurement and publish a notice of award of a procurement that is at the same amount or exceeds the amount required by the Board for a State contract to be published in eMaryland Marketplace:
(1) a unit of State government;
(2) a county;
(3) a municipality;
(4) a bicounty or multicounty governmental agency;
(5) a special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil conservation district, and water supply district;
(6) a public institution of higher education;
(7) a public school; and
(8) except for the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, an entity exempt from the provisions of this Division II in accordance with § 11-203 of this article.
(c) This section may not be construed to prohibit a person listed in subsection (b) of this section from publishing notice of a procurement or publishing a notice of award in accordance with any other law or policy.
(d) An unintentional violation of this section may not constitute grounds to challenge or appeal:
(1) the award of a procurement; or
(2) the process through which a procurement was conducted.