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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-502" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Emaryland Marketplace">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to emergency procurement under § 13–108 of this Division II.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a unit of State government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a municipality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a bicounty or multicounty governmental agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil conservation district, and water supply district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a public institution of higher education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a public school; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An unintentional violation of this section may not constitute grounds to challenge or appeal:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the award of a procurement; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the process through which a procurement was conducted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
