Maryland Correctional Services Section 10-102

      (a)      The Department shall:

            (1)      advise the Board in connection with each engineering question or matter concerning construction of a State correctional facility;

            (2)      supervise each engineering question or matter concerning the design or construction of a State correctional facility;

            (3)      subject to subsection (b) of this section, approve each architectural and engineering design and service in connection with the construction of a State correctional facility; and

            (4)      examine and approve or disapprove each design, plan, and specification prepared in connection with the preparation or execution of a contract for construction of a State correctional facility.

      (b)      Architectural and engineering services shall be procured as provided under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.