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These contracts shall be of such size and scope to encourage maximum competition and participation by qualified contractors. Such determination shall be retained for public inspection in the official records of the locality and shall include a description of the nature and scope of the project and the reasons for the determination that awarding a design-build contract will best serve the public interest. If state or federal transportation funds are used for the contract, then the locality shall comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209 and 33.2-214 and shall request from the Department the authority to administer the project in accordance with pertinent state or federal requirements.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199613,"text":"Localities may award contracts for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis. These contracts may be awarded after a written determination is made by the chief executive officer of the locality that delivery of the projects must be expedited and that it is not in the public interest to comply with the design and construction contracting procedures normally followed. These contracts shall be of such size and scope to encourage maximum competition and participation by qualified contractors. Such determination shall be retained for public inspection in the official records of the locality and shall include a description of the nature and scope of the project and the reasons for the determination that awarding a design-build contract will best serve the public interest. If state or federal transportation funds are used for the contract, then the locality shall comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209 and 33.2-214 and shall request from the Department the authority to administer the project in accordance with pertinent state or federal requirements.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13281,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of Transportation","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13136,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:34","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:34","permalink":{"id":205127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13281,"identifier":"4","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13136,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transportation Entities","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13135,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204875,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13136,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/I\/2","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13135,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions and Transportation Entities","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204787,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13135,"identifier":"I","token":"33.2\/I","url":"\/33.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":58145,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-256","catch_line":"Department of Transportation established","url":"\/33.2-256\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-256","metadata":false},{"id":72511,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-257","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/33.2-257\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257","metadata":false},{"id":54273,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-257.1","catch_line":"Notice to be provided to property owners of pending transportation projects","url":"\/33.2-257.1\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257.1","metadata":false},{"id":78170,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-258","catch_line":"Environmental permits for highway projects; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0419\">419<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71657,"section_number":"33.2-261","catch_line":"Value engineering required in certain projects","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-261\/"},{"id":61854,"section_number":"33.2-3708","catch_line":"Powers of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-3708\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60169,"section_number":"33.2-209","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-209\/"},{"id":57318,"section_number":"33.2-214","catch_line":"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54365,"identifier":"33.2-269","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-269","url":"\/33.2-269\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-269\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-269","dublin_core":{"Title":"Localities may use design-build contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-269","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Localities may award <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis. These <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> may be awarded after a written determination is made by the chief executive officer of the locality that delivery of the projects must be expedited and that it is not in the public interest to comply with the design and construction contracting procedures normally followed. These <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> shall be of such size and scope to encourage maximum competition and participation by qualified contractors. Such determination shall be retained for public inspection in the official records of the locality and shall include a description of the nature and scope of the project and the reasons for the determination that awarding a design-build <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> will best serve the public interest. If state or federal transportation funds are used for the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, then the locality shall comply with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation\" href=\"\/33.2-209\/\">33.2-209<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program\" href=\"\/33.2-214\/\">33.2-214<\/a> and shall request from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> the authority to administer the project in accordance with pertinent state or federal requirements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITIES MAY USE DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS (\u00a7 33.2-269)\n\nLocalities may award contracts for the construction of transportation projects\non a design-build basis. These contracts may be awarded after a written\ndetermination is made by the chief executive officer of the locality that\ndelivery of the projects must be expedited and that it is not in the public\ninterest to comply with the design and construction contracting procedures\nnormally followed. These contracts shall be of such size and scope to encourage\nmaximum competition and participation by qualified contractors. Such\ndetermination shall be retained for public inspection in the official records of\nthe locality and shall include a description of the nature and scope of the\nproject and the reasons for the determination that awarding a design-build\ncontract will best serve the public interest. If state or federal transportation\nfunds are used for the contract, then the locality shall comply with the\nprovisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209 and 33.2-214 and shall request from the Department\nthe authority to administer the project in accordance with pertinent state or\nfederal requirements.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 419, \u00a7 33.1-223.2:16; 2014, c. 805.","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}}