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An institution exercising the authority granted by this section shall establish and follow internal procedures and processes designed to verify whether or not a vendor qualifies to be certified as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business under the Department-approved criteria and the certification requirements. The institution shall notify the Department promptly of the certification and shall provide the Department with a copy of its written certification identifying the vendor as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business and all application materials submitted by the vendor to the institution. 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The institution shall notify the Department promptly of the certification and shall provide the Department with a copy of its written certification identifying the vendor as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business and all application materials submitted by the vendor to the institution. 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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 482<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66511,"section_number":"23.1-1002","catch_line":"Eligibility for restructured financial and administrative operational authority and financial benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1002\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59798,"section_number":"2.2-4310","catch_line":"Discrimination prohibited; participation of small, women-owned, minority-owned, military family-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses and employment services organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4310\/"},{"id":66511,"section_number":"23.1-1002","catch_line":"Eligibility for restructured financial and administrative operational authority and financial benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1002\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173103,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56335,"identifier":"2.2-1609","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1609","url":"\/2.2-1609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1609\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of vendors identified by public institutions of higher education as small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of compliance with \u00a7 2.2-4310<\/a>, a public institution of higher education that meets the conditions prescribed in subsection A of \u00a7 23.1-1002<\/a> may procure goods, services, and construction from vendors identified by such public institutions of higher education as small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses that the institution has certified as such based on criteria approved by the Department<\/span>. An institution exercising the authority granted by this section shall establish and follow internal procedures and processes designed to verify whether or not a vendor qualifies to be certified as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business<\/span> under the Department<\/span>-approved criteria and the certification<\/span> requirements. The institution shall notify the Department<\/span> promptly of the certification<\/span> and shall provide the Department<\/span> with a copy of its written certification<\/span> identifying the vendor as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business<\/span> and all application materials<\/span> submitted by the vendor to the institution. Such certification<\/span> shall remain in effect unless and until the Department<\/span> notifies the institution that the vendor does not meet the certification<\/span> requirements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF VENDORS IDENTIFIED BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS SMALL,\nWOMEN-OWNED, AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES (\u00a7 2.2-1609)\n\nFor purposes of compliance with \u00a7 2.2-4310, a public institution of higher\neducation that meets the conditions prescribed in subsection A of \u00a7 23.1-1002\nmay procure goods, services, and construction from vendors identified by such\npublic institutions of higher education as small, women-owned, or minority-owned\nbusinesses that the institution has certified as such based on criteria approved\nby the Department. An institution exercising the authority granted by this\nsection shall establish and follow internal procedures and processes designed to\nverify whether or not a vendor qualifies to be certified as a small,\nwomen-owned, or minority-owned business under the Department-approved criteria\nand the certification requirements. The institution shall notify the Department\npromptly of the certification and shall provide the Department with a copy of\nits written certification identifying the vendor as a small, women-owned, or\nminority-owned business and all application materials submitted by the vendor to\nthe institution. Such certification shall remain in effect unless and until the\nDepartment notifies the institution that the vendor does not meet the\ncertification requirements.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 482.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}