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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Organization and Supervision of State Procurement" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Procurement Organization">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>capital expenditures by the Department of Transportation or the Maryland Transportation Authority, in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways, as provided in § 12–202 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>procurements by the Department of General Services for the purpose of modernizing cybersecurity infrastructure for the State valued below $1,000,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may control procurement by units.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To implement the provisions of this Division II, the Board may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>set policy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>adopt regulations, in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>establish internal operational procedures consistent with this Division II.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall ensure that the regulations of the primary procurement units provide for procedures that are consistent with this Division II and Title 13, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article and, to the extent the circumstances of a particular type of procurement or a particular unit do not require otherwise, are substantially the same.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board may delegate any of its authority that it determines to be appropriate for delegation and may require prior Board approval for specified procurement actions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Except as limited by the Maryland Constitution, the Board may exercise any control authority conferred on a primary procurement unit by this Division II and, to the extent that its action conflicts with the action of the primary procurement unit, the action of the Board shall prevail.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Department of General Services shall submit a report to the Board on procurements made under subsection (a)(2) of this section that shall include for each procurement:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the purpose of the procurement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of the contractor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the contract amount;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the method of procurement utilized;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the number of bidders who bid on the procurement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the contract term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A contract to modernize an information technology system or to proceed with an expedited project as defined in § 3.5–301 of this article shall be expedited for approval by the Board and placed on the agenda of the Board as soon as practicable.</text>
  </level>
</section>
