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

2. (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. (1) a unit of State government;
   2. (2) a county;
   3. (3) a municipality;
   4. (4) a bicounty or multicounty governmental agency;
   5. (5) a special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil conservation district, and water supply district;
   6. (6) a public institution of higher education;
   7. (7) a public school; and
   8. (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.
3. (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.

4. (d) An unintentional violation of this section may not constitute grounds to challenge or appeal:

   1. (1) the award of a procurement; or
   2. (2) the process through which a procurement was conducted.

Added by Acts 2008, c. 525, § 1, eff. June 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2022, c. 527, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 528, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.