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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="13-401" title_number="13" title_name="Contractual Employment and Service Contracts in Executive Branch" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Service contract” means a procurement contract for services that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>will be provided to a unit in the Executive Branch of State government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>will be performed within a State-operated facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in the estimation of the procurement officer, will exceed an annual cost of $100,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “services” has the meaning stated in § 11–101 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Services” does not include information technology services and cybersecurity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Unit” has the meaning stated in § 11-101 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
