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
(a) This section does not apply to emergency procurement under § 13-108 of this Division II.

(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.