“Any proposal for terms in addition to or different from those set forth in this purchase order or any attempt by the Contractor to vary any of the terms of this offer by Contractor's acceptance shall not operate as a rejection of this offer, unless such variance is in the terms of the description, quantity, price or delivery schedule, but shall be deemed a material alteration thereof, and this offer shall be deemed acceptable by the Contractor without the additional or different terms. If this purchase order is an acceptance of a prior offer by the Contractor, the acceptance is expressly conditioned upon Contractor's assent to any additional or different terms contained herein. The Contractor understands and agrees that the terms and conditions of this purchase order may not be waived.”

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Regulation .22 repealed effective November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md.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 R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md.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)