# Maryland Centralizes IT Procurement

Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is centralizing technology intake and forming a multidisciplinary technical acquisition team to assess agency needs before solutions are selected or purchased. The effort follows identification of more than 1,700 technology requests representing over $500 million in estimated demand. No specific solicitation or contract award has been reported, but the centralized process could shape future state IT purchasing and create opportunities for implementation, product development, and procurement-support tools.

- The estimated demand reflects a substantial pipeline of agency technology needs, but it is not a confirmed contract value or funding commitment.
- Contractors and solution providers can assess where their offerings may address agency needs under a process that evaluates requirements before procurement decisions.
- Firms providing implementation, product development, or procurement-support capabilities may find opportunities as Maryland develops its centralized acquisition approach, including the planned AI procurement-tool collaboration.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** November 05, 2026

### Government Entities
- Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT)
- State of Maryland
- Maryland General Assembly

### Vendors
- Partners for Public Good (Planned AI procurement-tool collaborator)

### Sources
- [Maryland unveils new strategy, builds technical acquisition team to overhaul state IT procurement | StateScoop](https://statescoop.com/maryland-unveils-new-strategy-builds-technical-acquisition-team-to-overhaul-state-it-procurement) - StateScoop