“When the Contractor has not performed or has unsatisfactorily performed the contract, payment shall be withheld at the discretion of the State. Failure on the part of a Contractor to fulfill contractual obligations shall be considered just cause for termination of the contract and the Contractor is not entitled to recover any costs incurred by the Contractor up to the date of termination. Termination hereunder, including the determination of the rights and obligations of the parties, shall be governed by the provisions of COMAR 21.07.01.11B.”

Authority: Election Law Article, §§14-101—14-108; General Provisions Article, §§5-502—5-503; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101, 13-217—13-219, 13-221, 15-226, 16-202, 17-401, and 17-402; Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 630, Acts of 2017

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 21.07.04 to 21.07.03 and revised effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .01 recodified to Regulation .01-1 and new Regulation .01 adopted effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79)

Regulation .01 amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .05 amended effective October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1730); July 9, 2001 (28:13 Md. R. 1216)

Regulation .06 amended effective December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .07 amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .08 amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79) December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .09 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulations .14 and .15 amended effective November 22, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1806)

Regulation .20 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .22 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .22 repealed effective November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1936)

Regulation .25 adopted effective October 1, 1990 (17:19 Md. R. 2322)

Regulation .26 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 8, 1997 (24:18 Md. R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1608)

Regulation .26 adopted effective April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751)

Regulation .26A amended effective March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .26C amended effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 338)

Regulation .27 adopted effective September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800)

Regulation .27 amended effective March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)