Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB213: State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures FOR the purpose of requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in State law…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures FOR the purpose of requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in State law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; altering certain procedures, time periods, and appeals related to certain protests; altering the time within which a written notice of a claim relating to a certain procurement contract shall be made; applying certain provisions related to a contract claim that applied to construction contracts to certain other procurement contracts; requiring a contractor, on request of a procurement officer, to provide certain information prior to receiving payment on a claim; altering the procedures for reviewing and making a certain determination related to a certain contract claim; and generally relating to State procurement procedures. BY adding to Article - State Finance and Procurement Section 13-104(h) Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, …