Virginia Public Procurement Act
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
VA Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements, delayed effective date. [HB-1273]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. Provides that public bodies shall require the contractor and its subcontractors for any capital outlay project, as defined in the bill, to complete certain safety training programs, maintain records of compliance with applicable laws, and participate in approved apprenticeship training programs. The bill provides exemptions from such requirements for reasons related to lack of availability of apprentices and high costs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding. [SB-647]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. [HB-1371]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. Allows a participating locality, for any procurement solicitation or contract exceeding $10,000 for goods and services, to require the bidder or offeror to disclose certain information regarding pre-dispute arbitration clauses, defined in the bill, in employment, civil rights, and certain consumer disputes, and provides that a locality may consider the policies and practices related to arbitration of each bidder and offeror. The bill also provides that a participating locality shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles, forced and child labor prohibition. [SB-492]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles; forced and child labor prohibition. Prohibits public bodies from awarding contracts to acquire an electric vehicle or electric vehicle component from a business unless such business provides a sworn declaration from the manufacturer of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component certifying that every person involved in the production of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component and every person involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of the material used
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In General Laws And Technology on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services. [HB-1101]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; professional services; definition. Adds to the definition of "professional services," for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of an investment and financial advisor procured by the Department of the Treasury.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wiley
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts, project labor agreements. [HB-1440]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts; project labor agreements. Removes the statutory authority for any public body, including any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wiley
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. [HB-1371]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. Allows a participating locality, for any procurement solicitation or contract exceeding $10,000 for goods and services, to require the bidder or offeror to disclose certain information regarding pre-dispute arbitration clauses, defined in the bill, in employment, civil rights, and certain consumer disputes, and provides that a locality may consider the policies and practices related to arbitration of each bidder and offeror. The bill also provides that a participating locality shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Continued To 2025 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders. [HB-1361]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; Virginia resident preference. Provides preference as it relates to procurement for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia and then a bidder whose goods are produced in the United States. For the procurement of goods by manufacturers, when the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a resident of Virginia and the bid of any Virginia resident is within 10 percent of such bid, the bill gives the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that is a Virginia resident the option to match the price of the lowest responsive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Austin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0749) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding. [SB-647]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles, forced and child labor prohibition. [SB-492]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles; forced and child labor prohibition. Prohibits public bodies from awarding contracts to acquire an electric vehicle or electric vehicle component from a business unless such business provides a sworn declaration from the manufacturer of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component certifying that every person involved in the production of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component and every person involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of the material used
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Continued To 2025 In General Laws And Technology (9-y 6-n) on 02/07/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
VA Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements, delayed effective date. [HB-1273]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. Provides that public bodies shall require the contractor and its subcontractors for any capital outlay project, as defined in the bill, to complete certain safety training programs, maintain records of compliance with applicable laws, and participate in approved apprenticeship training programs. The bill provides exemptions from such requirements for reasons related to lack of availability of apprentices and high costs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/27/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, certain construction projects. [HB-1116]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects. Allows a public body to establish purchase procedures, if adopted in writing, not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for single or term contracts for non-transportation-related construction projects if the aggregate or the sum of all phases is not expected to exceed $300,000. Current law places the limit at $200,000. Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects. Allows a public body to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0544) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services. [HB-1101]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; professional services; definition. Adds to the definition of "professional services," for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of an investment and financial advisor procured by the Department of the Treasury.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wiley
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 5-n) on 03/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of best value concepts for construction services. [HB-965]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of best value concepts for construction services. Permits public bodies to consider best value concepts when procuring construction services. Under current law, public bodies may consider best value concepts only when procuring goods and nonprofessional services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Incorporated By General Laws on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences for goods, services, or construction by U.S. entities. [HB-1154]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences for goods, services, or construction by U.S. entities. Provides that in the case of a tie bid, preference shall be given first to goods produced in Virginia or to goods, services, or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations and second to goods produced in the United States or to goods, services, or construction provided by United States persons, firms, or corporations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Incorporated By General Laws on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting, limitations. [HB-1113]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Increases from $6 million to $10 million the maximum threshold above which the sum of all jobs performed in a one-year job order contract term shall not exceed. The bill also increases the maximum threshold amount for any individual job order from $500,000 to $1 million. Finally, the bill increases from two to three the number of additional one-year terms for which job order contracts may be renewable, and the bill only applies to contracts entered into on or after the bill's effective
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0060) on 03/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. [HB-1191]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting; applicability. States that design-bid-build, defined in the bill, utilizing competitive sealed bidding is the preferred method of procurement for construction services in the Commonwealth. Complex projects, defined in the bill, may request an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law from the Division of Engineering and Buildings of the Department of General Services. The bill requires all documents related to the proposed use of construction
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. [HB-1108]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a construction contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents that are open to public inspection exchanged between the Department of General Services and the covered institution on the central electronic procurement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0469) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation, exceptions to contractual terms. [SB-242]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation; exceptions to contractual terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal. Removes the prohibition on a public body from requiring an offeror to state in a proposal any exception to any liability provisions contained in a Request for Proposal for information technology. The bill also requires an offeror to state any exception to any contractual terms or conditions in writing at the time of responding to such Request for Proposal, if so requested by the public body, which exception shall
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0705) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders. [SB-260]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; Virginia resident preference. Provides preference as it relates to procurement for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia and then a bidder whose goods are produced in the United States. For the procurement of goods by manufacturers, when the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a resident of Virginia and the bid of any Virginia resident is within 10 percent of such bid, the bill gives the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that is a Virginia resident the option to match the price of the lowest responsive
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0782) on 04/17/2024