Maryland State Finance and Procurement Section 13-307

      (a)      The General Selection Board may approve a request for architectural or engineering services only if it concludes that the services cannot be provided feasibly and economically by existing in-house resources.

      (b)      The General Selection Board shall:

            (1)      publish uniform and consistent announcements of all approvals for requests for architectural services or engineering services; and

            (2)      mail a copy of an announcement to each person who requests notice.

      (c)      An announcement of an approval under this section shall:

            (1)      describe generally the architectural services or engineering services that are the subject of the procurement; and

            (2)      indicate how an interested person may receive information about the procurement.

      (d)      (1)      On request, the General Selection Board shall provide to an interested person a comprehensive description of the nature and scope of the architectural or engineering services that are the subject of the procurement.

            (2)      The unit requesting the procurement shall prepare the description required under this subsection.