                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN COUNTY PURCHASES (§ 15.2-1235)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any supplies or contractual
services needed by one or more departments or agencies of the county government
shall be directly purchased or contracted for by the county purchasing agent, in
accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

B. The county purchasing agent, subject to the approval of the governing body of
the county, shall promulgate regulations for the following purposes:

   1. Prescribing the manner in which supplies shall be purchased, delivered,
   stored, and distributed;

   2. Prescribing the dates for making requisitions and estimates, the future
   period which they are to cover, the form in which they shall be submitted, the
   manner of their authentication, and their revision by the county purchasing
   agent;

   3. Providing for the transfer to or between county departments and agencies of
   supplies which are surplus with one department or agency but which may be
   needed by another, and for the disposal by sale, after receipt of competitive
   bids, of supplies which are obsolete and unusable;

   4. Prescribing the amount of deposit or bond to be submitted with a bid on a
   contract and the amount of deposit or bond to be given for the faithful
   performance of a contract;

   5. Prescribing the manner in which claims for supplies and contractual
   services delivered to the departments and agencies of the county shall be
   submitted, examined, approved and paid; and

   6. Providing for such other matters as may be necessary to give effect to the
   foregoing rules and the provisions of this article.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-543; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-107; 1997, c. 587.