Section 17-502 - Use by certain persons(a) This section does not apply to emergency procurement under § 13-108 of this Division II.(b) 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:(1) a unit of State government;(4) a bicounty or multicounty governmental agency;(5) a special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil conservation district, and water supply district;(6) a public institution of higher education;(8) 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.(c) 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.(d) An unintentional violation of this section may not constitute grounds to challenge or appeal: (1) the award of a procurement; or(2) the process through which a procurement was conducted.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 528, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 527, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.