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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1982 \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 1997, chapter 864<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65336,"section_number":"2.2-4360","catch_line":"Protest of award or decision to award","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4360\/"},{"id":67358,"section_number":"2.2-4364","catch_line":"Legal actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4364\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64199,"identifier":"2.2-4362","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/5\/2.2-4362","url":"\/2.2-4362\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4362\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/5\/2.2-4362","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stay of award during protest","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4362","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An award need not be delayed for the period allowed a bidder or offeror<\/span> to protest, but in the event of a timely protest as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4360<\/a>, or the filing of a timely legal action as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4364<\/a>, no further action to award the contract<\/span> shall be taken unless there is a written determination that proceeding without delay is necessary to protect the public interest or unless the bid or offer would expire.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTAY OF AWARD DURING PROTEST (\u00a7 2.2-4362)\n\nAn award need not be delayed for the period allowed a bidder or offeror to\nprotest, but in the event of a timely protest as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4360, or the\nfiling of a timely legal action as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4364, no further action to\naward the contract shall be taken unless there is a written determination that\nproceeding without delay is necessary to protect the public interest or unless\nthe bid or offer would expire.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 647, \u00a7 11-68; 1997, c. 864; 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}}