(a) The Department shall:
(1) advise the Board in connection with each engineering question or matter concerning construction of a State correctional facility;
(2) supervise each engineering question or matter concerning the design or construction of a State correctional facility;
(3) subject to subsection (b) of this section, approve each architectural and engineering design and service in connection with the construction of a State correctional facility; and
(4) examine and approve or disapprove each design, plan, and specification prepared in connection with the preparation or execution of a contract for construction of a State correctional facility.
(b) Architectural and engineering services shall be procured as provided under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.