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The Authority may make rules and regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project or portion thereof to be owned by the Authority, the Commonwealth or any agency, institution, or department thereof. No contract shall be entered into by the Authority for construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the purchase of materials, unless the contractor gives an undertaking with a sufficient surety approved by the Authority, and in an amount fixed by the Authority in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337, for the faithful performance of the contract. Such contract shall be accompanied by an additional bond for the protection of those who furnish labor and material or rental equipment for such amount and subject to the same terms and conditions as established by the Authority in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337. All construction contracts shall provide, among other things, that the person or corporation entering into such contract with the Authority will pay for all materials furnished, rental equipment used and services rendered for the performance of the contract, and that any person or corporation furnishing such materials, rental equipment or rendering such services may maintain an action to recover for the same against the obligor in the undertaking as though such person or corporation was named therein, provided the action is brought within one year after the time the cause of action accrued. The additional bond shall be conditioned upon the prompt payment of actual equipment rentals and shall not be conditioned upon or guarantee payment of equipment rentals, all or any part of which, directly or indirectly, apply on the purchase price of such equipment under the terms of a bailment lease or conditional sales contract or by any other arrangement by which title to the equipment will be transferred to the contractor and the rentals form any part of the consideration.\n\t\tSubject to the foregoing, the Authority may, but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of the Authority, enter into and carry out such contracts, or establish or comply with such rules and regulations concerning labor and materials to rental equipment and other related matters in connection with any project, or portion thereof, as the Authority deems desirable.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265785,"text":"If any project or any portion thereof or any improvement thereof shall be constructed, or furnished pursuant to a contract and the estimated cost thereof exceeds $10,000, such contract with the Authority shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids. The Authority may make rules and regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project or portion thereof to be owned by the Authority, the Commonwealth or any agency, institution, or department thereof. No contract shall be entered into by the Authority for construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the purchase of materials, unless the contractor gives an undertaking with a sufficient surety approved by the Authority, and in an amount fixed by the Authority in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337, for the faithful performance of the contract. Such contract shall be accompanied by an additional bond for the protection of those who furnish labor and material or rental equipment for such amount and subject to the same terms and conditions as established by the Authority in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 569 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapters 498<\/a> and 504<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79610,"section_number":"2.2-4337","catch_line":"Performance and payment bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4337\/"}],"permalink":{"id":174445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73905,"identifier":"2.2-2275","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/6\/2.2-2275","url":"\/2.2-2275\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2275\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/6\/2.2-2275","dublin_core":{"Title":"Competition in award of contracts; contractors to give surety; terms of contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2275","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any project or any portion thereof or any improvement thereof shall be constructed, or furnished pursuant to a contract<\/span> and the estimated cost thereof exceeds $10,000, such contract<\/span> with the Authority<\/span> shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids. The Authority<\/span> may make rules and regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project or portion thereof to be owned by the Authority<\/span>, the Commonwealth<\/span> or any agency, institution, or department thereof. No contract<\/span> shall be entered into by the Authority<\/span> for construction, furnishing, or improvement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the purchase of materials<\/span>, unless the contractor gives an undertaking with a sufficient surety<\/span> approved by the Authority<\/span>, and in an amount fixed by the Authority<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337<\/a>, for the faithful performance of the contract<\/span>. Such contract<\/span> shall be accompanied by an additional bond<\/span> for the protection of those who furnish labor and material<\/span> or rental equipment for such amount and subject to the same terms and conditions as established by the Authority<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4337<\/a>. All construction contracts<\/span> shall provide, among other things, that the person or corporation entering into such contract<\/span> with the Authority<\/span> will pay for all materials<\/span> furnished, rental equipment used and services rendered for the performance of the contract<\/span>, and that any person or corporation furnishing such materials<\/span>, rental equipment or rendering such services may maintain an action to recover for the same against the obligor in the undertaking as though such person or corporation was named therein, provided the action is brought within one year after the time the cause of action<\/span> accrued. The additional bond<\/span> shall be conditioned upon the prompt payment of actual equipment rentals and shall not be conditioned upon or guarantee payment of equipment rentals, all or any part of which, directly or indirectly, apply on the purchase price of such equipment under the terms of a bailment lease or conditional sales contract<\/span> or by any other arrangement by which title to the equipment will be transferred to the contractor and the rentals form any part of the consideration.\n\t\tSubject to the foregoing, the Authority<\/span> may, but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of the Authority<\/span>, enter into and carry out such contracts<\/span>, or establish or comply with such rules and regulations concerning labor and materials<\/span> to rental equipment and other related matters in connection with any project, or portion thereof, as the Authority<\/span> deems desirable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPETITION IN AWARD OF CONTRACTS; CONTRACTORS TO GIVE SURETY; TERMS OF\nCONTRACTS (\u00a7 2.2-2275)\n\nIf any project or any portion thereof or any improvement thereof shall be\nconstructed, or furnished pursuant to a contract and the estimated cost thereof\nexceeds $10,000, such contract with the Authority shall be awarded to the lowest\nresponsible bidder after advertisement for bids. The Authority may make rules\nand regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, furnishing, or\nimprovement of any project or portion thereof to be owned by the Authority, the\nCommonwealth or any agency, institution, or department thereof. No contract\nshall be entered into by the Authority for construction, furnishing, or\nimprovement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the purchase of\nmaterials, unless the contractor gives an undertaking with a sufficient surety\napproved by the Authority, and in an amount fixed by the Authority in accordance\nwith \u00a7 2.2-4337, for the faithful performance of the contract. Such contract\nshall be accompanied by an additional bond for the protection of those who\nfurnish labor and material or rental equipment for such amount and subject to\nthe same terms and conditions as established by the Authority in accordance with\n\u00a7 2.2-4337. All construction contracts shall provide, among other things, that\nthe person or corporation entering into such contract with the Authority will\npay for all materials furnished, rental equipment used and services rendered for\nthe performance of the contract, and that any person or corporation furnishing\nsuch materials, rental equipment or rendering such services may maintain an\naction to recover for the same against the obligor in the undertaking as though\nsuch person or corporation was named therein, provided the action is brought\nwithin one year after the time the cause of action accrued. The additional bond\nshall be conditioned upon the prompt payment of actual equipment rentals and\nshall not be conditioned upon or guarantee payment of equipment rentals, all or\nany part of which, directly or indirectly, apply on the purchase price of such\nequipment under the terms of a bailment lease or conditional sales contract or\nby any other arrangement by which title to the equipment will be transferred to\nthe contractor and the rentals form any part of the consideration.\n\t\tSubject to the foregoing, the Authority may, but without intending by this\nprovision to limit any powers of the Authority, enter into and carry out such\ncontracts, or establish or comply with such rules and regulations concerning\nlabor and materials to rental equipment and other related matters in connection\nwith any project, or portion thereof, as the Authority deems desirable.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 569, \u00a7 2.1-234.27; 1998, cc. 498, 504; 2001, c. 844.","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}}