This is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress.
As part of the In Custodia Legis Research Guide series, my Law Library colleagues Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer recently wrote about government contracting. Their Beginner’s Guide is an excellent resource for learning about contracting with the federal government.
I began to wonder about what information is available for those interested in learning more about contracting with state governments when I saw the scene pictured below. How could one police department (in this case, the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Police), have cars of such differing makes and models? To answer this question, I took a closer look at the government contracting and procurement laws of the state of Maryland. Modeled on Barbara’s and Robert’s federally focused Beginner’s Guide, the following are some resources that may be helpful.
Publications
While there does not appear to be a legal treatise dedicated to Maryland state procurement, West’s Maryland Law Encyclopedia