Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 17-502
This is the official text of Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 17-502, part of Maryland’s Code, State Finance and Procurement — governs the state budget and government contracting.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
§17–502.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in Maryland?
Find a Maryland lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.