(a) Noncompliance with this Article does not invalidate a contract award or proposed contract award that the County has otherwise validly awarded or issued.
(b) A public employee who is adversely affected by noncompliance with this Article may file an action in the Circuit Court for the County or the District Court of Maryland, depending on the amount in controversy. If the Court enters a judgment in favor of the employee, the County must reimburse the employee for any actual loss the employee incurred. (2006 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 1.)