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(b) in each instance seek competition to the maximum practical degree; (c) implement a system of competitive negotiation for professional services pursuant to §§ 2.2-4303.1 and 2.2-4302.2; (d) prohibit discrimination in the solicitation and award of contracts on the basis of the bidder’s or offeror’s race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability or on any other basis prohibited by state or federal law; (e) incorporate the prompt payment principles of §§ 2.2-4350 and 2.2-4354; (f) consider the impact on correctional enterprises under § 53.1-47; and (g) provide that whenever solicitations are made seeking competitive procurement of goods or services, it shall be a priority of the institution to provide for fair and reasonable consideration of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses and to promote and encourage a diversity of suppliers.B\n\nSuch policies may (i) provide for consideration of the dollar amount of the intended procurement, the term of the anticipated contract, and the likely extent of competition; (ii) implement a prequalification procedure for contractors or products; and (iii) include provisions for cooperative arrangements with other covered institutions, other public or private educational institutions, or other public or private organizations or entities, including public-private partnerships, public bodies, charitable organizations, health care provider alliances or purchasing organizations or entities, state agencies or institutions of the Commonwealth or the other states, the District of Columbia, the territories, or the United States, and any combination of such organizations and entities.C\n\nNothing in this section shall preclude a covered institution from requesting and utilizing the assistance of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency for information technology procurements and covered institutions are encouraged to utilize such assistance.D\n\nEach covered institution shall post on the Department of General Services’ central electronic procurement website all Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposal, sole source award notices, and emergency award notices to ensure visibility and access to the Commonwealth’s procurement opportunities on one website.E\n\nAs part of any procurement provisions of the management agreement, the governing board of a covered institution shall identify the public, educational, and operational interests served by any procurement rule that deviates from procurement rules in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267805,"text":"Subject to the express provisions of the management agreement, each covered institution may be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.), except for §§ 2.2-4340, 2.2-4340.1, 2.2-4340.2, 2.2-4342, and 2.2-4376.2, which shall not be construed to require compliance with the prequalification application procedures of subsection B of § 2.2-4317, provided, however, that (i) any deviations from the Virginia Public Procurement Act in the management agreement shall be uniform across all covered institutions and (ii) the governing board of the covered institution shall adopt, and the covered institution shall comply with, policies for the procurement of goods and services, including professional services, that shall (a) be based upon competitive principles; 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 933<\/a> and 945<\/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. It has been modified 6 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 2011, chapter 332<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 583<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 760<\/a> and 776<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 496<\/a>, 497<\/a>, and 1137<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 96<\/a> and 97<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79632,"section_number":"23.1-1018","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; information technology","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1018\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70034,"section_number":"2.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4300\/"},{"id":80758,"section_number":"2.2-4302.2","catch_line":"Process for competitive negotiation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4302.2\/"},{"id":63722,"section_number":"2.2-4303.1","catch_line":"Architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4303.1\/"},{"id":84046,"section_number":"2.2-4317","catch_line":"Prequalification generally; prequalification for construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4317\/"},{"id":54251,"section_number":"2.2-4340","catch_line":"Action on performance bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4340\/"},{"id":65780,"section_number":"2.2-4340.1","catch_line":"Statute of limitations on construction contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4340.1\/"},{"id":85767,"section_number":"2.2-4340.2","catch_line":"Statute of limitations on architectural and engineering contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4340.2\/"},{"id":71233,"section_number":"2.2-4342","catch_line":"Public inspection of certain records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4342\/"},{"id":56401,"section_number":"2.2-4350","catch_line":"Prompt payment of bills by state agencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4350\/"},{"id":67731,"section_number":"2.2-4354","catch_line":"Payment clauses to be included in contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4354\/"},{"id":77327,"section_number":"2.2-4376.2","catch_line":"(Effective until July 1, 2027) Disclosure of contributions and gifts during procurement process; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4376.2\/"},{"id":60557,"section_number":"53.1-47","catch_line":"Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-47\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74516,"identifier":"23.1-1017","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1017","url":"\/23.1-1017\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1017\/","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1017","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered institutions; operational authority; procurement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1017","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to the express provisions of the management agreement<\/span>, each covered institution<\/span> may be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.), except for §§ 2.2-4340<\/a>, 2.2-4340.1<\/a>, 2.2-4340.2<\/a>, 2.2-4342<\/a>, and 2.2-4376.2<\/a>, which shall not be construed to require compliance with the prequalification application procedures of subsection B of § 2.2-4317<\/a>, provided, however, that (i) any deviations from the Virginia Public Procurement Act in the management agreement<\/span> shall be uniform across all covered institutions<\/span> and (ii) the governing board<\/span> of the covered institution<\/span> shall adopt, and the covered institution<\/span> shall comply with, policies for the procurement of goods and services, including professional services, that shall (a) be based upon competitive principles; (b) in each instance seek competition to the maximum practical degree; (c) implement a system<\/span> of competitive negotiation for professional services pursuant to §§ 2.2-4303.1<\/a> and 2.2-4302.2<\/a>; (d) prohibit discrimination in the solicitation and award of contracts<\/span> on the basis of the bidder’s or offeror’s race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability or on any other basis prohibited by state or federal law<\/span>; (e) incorporate the prompt payment principles of §§ 2.2-4350<\/a> and 2.2-4354<\/a>; (f) consider the impact on correctional enterprises under § 53.1-47<\/a>; and (g) provide that whenever solicitations are made seeking competitive procurement of goods or services, it shall be a priority of the institution to provide for fair and reasonable consideration of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses and to promote and encourage a diversity of suppliers. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such policies may (i) provide for consideration of the dollar amount of the intended procurement, the term of the anticipated contract<\/span>, and the likely extent of competition; (ii) implement a prequalification procedure for contractors or products; and (iii) include provisions for cooperative arrangements with other covered institutions<\/span>, other public or private educational institutions, or other public or private organizations or entities, including public-private partnerships, public bodies, charitable organizations, health care provider alliances or purchasing organizations or entities, state agencies or institutions of the Commonwealth or the other states, the District of Columbia, the territories, or the United States, and any combination of such organizations and entities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall preclude a covered institution<\/span> from requesting and utilizing the assistance of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency for information technology procurements and covered institutions<\/span> are encouraged to utilize such assistance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each covered institution<\/span> shall post on the Department of General Services’ central electronic procurement website all Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposal, sole source award notices, and emergency award notices to ensure visibility and access to the Commonwealth’s procurement opportunities on one website. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> As part of any procurement provisions of the management agreement<\/span>, the governing board<\/span> of a covered institution<\/span> shall identify the public, educational, and operational interests served by any procurement rule that deviates from procurement rules in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; PROCUREMENT (\u00a7 23.1-1017)\n\nA. Subject to the express provisions of the management agreement, each covered\ninstitution may be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement\nAct (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.), except for §§ 2.2-4340, 2.2-4340.1,\n2.2-4340.2, 2.2-4342, and 2.2-4376.2, which shall not be construed to require\ncompliance with the prequalification application procedures of subsection B of\n§ 2.2-4317, provided, however, that (i) any deviations from the Virginia\nPublic Procurement Act in the management agreement shall be uniform across all\ncovered institutions and (ii) the governing board of the covered institution\nshall adopt, and the covered institution shall comply with, policies for the\nprocurement of goods and services, including professional services, that shall\n(a) be based upon competitive principles; (b) in each instance seek competition\nto the maximum practical degree; (c) implement a system of competitive\nnegotiation for professional services pursuant to §§ 2.2-4303.1 and\n2.2-4302.2; (d) prohibit discrimination in the solicitation and award of\ncontracts on the basis of the bidder’s or offeror’s race, religion,\ncolor, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or\ndisability or on any other basis prohibited by state or federal law; (e)\nincorporate the prompt payment principles of §§ 2.2-4350 and 2.2-4354;\n(f) consider the impact on correctional enterprises under § 53.1-47; and\n(g) provide that whenever solicitations are made seeking competitive procurement\nof goods or services, it shall be a priority of the institution to provide for\nfair and reasonable consideration of small, women-owned, and minority-owned\nbusinesses and to promote and encourage a diversity of suppliers.\n\nB. Such policies may (i) provide for consideration of the dollar amount of the\nintended procurement, the term of the anticipated contract, and the likely\nextent of competition; (ii) implement a prequalification procedure for\ncontractors or products; and (iii) include provisions for cooperative\narrangements with other covered institutions, other public or private\neducational institutions, or other public or private organizations or entities,\nincluding public-private partnerships, public bodies, charitable organizations,\nhealth care provider alliances or purchasing organizations or entities, state\nagencies or institutions of the Commonwealth or the other states, the District\nof Columbia, the territories, or the United States, and any combination of such\norganizations and entities.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall preclude a covered institution from requesting\nand utilizing the assistance of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency for\ninformation technology procurements and covered institutions are encouraged to\nutilize such assistance.\n\nD. Each covered institution shall post on the Department of General\nServices’ central electronic procurement website all Invitations to Bid,\nRequests for Proposal, sole source award notices, and emergency award notices to\nensure visibility and access to the Commonwealth’s procurement\nopportunities on one website.\n\nE. As part of any procurement provisions of the management agreement, the\ngoverning board of a covered institution shall identify the public, educational,\nand operational interests served by any procurement rule that deviates from\nprocurement rules in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et\nseq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, \u00a7 23-38.110; 2011, c. 332; 2013, c. 583; 2015, cc.\n760, 776; 2016, c. 588; 2020, cc. 496, 497, 1137; 2022, cc. 96, 97.","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}}