Procurement Information

Procurement Advisor

Mary Jo Childs, Esq., CPCM, CPPO, Procurement Advisor 80 Calvert Street, Louis L. Goldstein Treasury Building, Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 410.260.7335 Fax: 410.974.5240

The Procurement Advisor's duties are to:

• Ensure the State's procurement system is using advanced procurement methods and management techniques
• Enhance inter-agency communications and disseminate information to State agencies on current developments and Board policies by, among other things, issuing BPW Advisories
• Examine procurements presented to the Board to ensure the procurements are competitively conducted and conform to the procurement law and best practices, and make recommendations to the Board concerning these procurements
• Foster competition and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse
• Conduct investigations where appropriate
• Assist State agencies and the public with questions concerning State procurement

Procurement Advisory Council

Sheila C. McDonald, Chairperson 80 Calvert Street, Louis L. Goldstein Treasury Building, Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 410.260.7335 Fax: 410.974.5240

The General Assembly established the ten-member Procurement Advisory Council to provide a forum for discussion of procurement issues and problems. The members consist of the State Treasurer, the Secretaries of the Board of Public Works, Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, Transportation, Budget and Management, and General Services, the Chancellor of the University System, one local government member, and two public members. The Council advises the Board on the procurement process and makes recommendations to the Board for improving State procurements. The Council meets four times a year.