§ 17-502
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§17–502.
(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.