§ 17-502. Use by certain persons

   (a) Persons required to post notice. -- In addition to any other provision of law, the following persons shall use eMaryland Marketplace to publish notice of a procurement or 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.

(b) Construction. -- This section may not be construed to prohibit a person listed in subsection (a) of this section from publishing notice of a procurement or publishing a notice of award in accordance with any other law or policy.

(c) Grounds for appeal. -- 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.

HISTORY: 2008, ch. 525.