Bill Text: VA SB572 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for local businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-30 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) [SB572 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-SB572-Introduced.html
12103393D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §2.2-4328 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §2.2-4328. Preference for local products and firms; applicability. A. B. Whenever the lowest responsive and responsible bidder has a principal place of business outside of the locality and a bidder who has a principal place of business within the locality has competed for the same contract, the locality may award the contract to the bidder whose principal place of business is located in the locality provided such bidder's bid is within five percent of the lowest bid. Prior to awarding a contract under the preference provided by this subsection, the locality shall certify in writing that (i) exercising the preference provides goods services and construction comparable in quality to that of other non-local bids and (ii) using a local business provides beneficial economic effects in the community through creating and sustaining local jobs and by generating local tax revenues. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the procurement of telecommunications services or information services as defined in 47 USC §153. C. The provisions of this section shall apply only to bids submitted pursuant to a written Invitation to Bid. |