State Highway Admin v. Brawner Builders

Md. State Highway Administration v. Brawner, No. 1643, September Term 2019, Argument Date: 11/6/20 Procurement Law A subcontractor is entitled to make a contract claim against a procurement agency only if there is a direct contract between the claimant and that agency. The subcontractor had a contract with a contractor to provide materials on a state highway project. Although the state agency had approved the materials the subcontractor would use in state highway noise barrier wall, that did not suffice to create a contract between the subcontractor and the agency. As such, the subcontractor…