# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 15. Procurement Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution

### Subtitle 2. Dispute Resolution

#### Section 15-221.1

(a) The Appeals Board may award an interested party the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including reasonable attorney's fees, if:

  (1) the interested party appeals the final action of an agency on a protest;

  (2) the Appeals Board sustains the appeal; and

  (3) the Appeals Board finds that there has been a violation of law or regulation.

(b) The Appeals Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section and to determine what constitutes reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)