                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURCHASES TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT (§
2.2-4300 ET SEQ.) AND REGULATIONS OF DIVISION; EXEMPT PURCHASES (§ 2.2-1111)

A. All purchases made by any department, division, officer or agency of the
Commonwealth shall be made in accordance with the Virginia Public Procurement
Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4300 et seq.) and such regulations as the Division may
prescribe.

B. The regulations adopted by the Division shall:

   1. Include a purchasing plan that shall be on file at the Division and shall
   be available to the public upon request;

   2. Require that before any public body procures any computer system, equipment
   or software, it shall consider whether the proposed system, equipment or
   software is capable of producing products that facilitate the rights of the
   public to access official records under the Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7;
   2.2-3700 et seq.) or other applicable law;

   3. Require state public bodies to procure only shielded outdoor light fixtures
   and provide for waivers of this requirement when the Division determines that
   a bona fide operational, temporary, safety or specific aesthetic need is
   indicated or that such fixtures are not cost effective over the life cycle of
   the fixtures. For the purposes of this subdivision, &#8220;shielded outdoor
   light fixture&#8221; means an outdoor light fixture that is (i) fully shielded
   so that no light rays are emitted by the installed fixture above the
   horizontal plane or (ii) constructed so that no more than two percent of the
   total luminaire lumens in the zone of 90 to 180 degrees vertical angle is
   permitted, if the related output of the luminaire is greater than 3200 lumens.
   In adopting regulations under this subdivision, the Division shall consider
   national standards for outdoor lighting as adopted by the Illuminating
   Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).
   				The Virginia Department of Transportation shall design all lighting
   systems in accordance with current IESNA standards and recommended practices.
   The lighting system shall utilize fixtures that minimize glare, light
   trespass, and skyglow, all as defined by the IESNA, while still providing a
   comfortable, visually effective, safe, and secure outdoor environment in a
   cost-effective manner over the life cycle of the lighting system;

   4. Establish the conditions under which a public body may use, as a basis for
   the procurement of goods and nonprofessional services, a particular
   vendor&#8217;s contract-pricing that has been negotiated and accepted by the
   U.S. General Services Administration;

   5. Establish procurement preferences for products containing recycled oil
   (including reprocessed and rerefined oil products) and recycled antifreeze;

   6. Establish conditions under which a public body shall demonstrate a good
   faith effort to ensure that state contracts or subcontracts for goods or
   services that involve the manual packaging of bulk supplies or the manual
   assemblage of goods where individual items weigh less than 50 pounds be
   offered to employment services organizations as defined in &#xA7; 2.2-4301
   that offer transitional or supported employment services serving individuals
   with disabilities;

   7. Establish the conditions under which state public bodies may procure diesel
   fuel containing, at a minimum, two percent, by volume, biodiesel fuel or green
   diesel fuel, as defined in &#xA7; 59.1-284.25 as such section was in effect on
   June 30, 2015, for use in on-road internal combustion engines. The conditions
   shall take into consideration the availability of such fuel and the
   variability in cost of biodiesel fuel with respect to unblended diesel fuel;
   and

   8. Shall include a link to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   Services Virginia Grown website on the Department of General Services&#8217;
   central electronic procurement system to facilitate purchases of
   Virginia-grown food products.

C. The Division may make, alter, amend or repeal regulations relating to the
purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, nonprofessional services, and
printing, and may specifically exempt purchases below a stated amount or
particular agencies or specified materials, equipment, nonprofessional services,
supplies and printing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 2-251; 1958, c. 124; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-275; 1977, c.
672, § 2.1-442; 1979, c. 508; 1980, c. 357; 1982, c. 647; 1996, c. 435; 1997,
c. 907; 2001, cc. 569, 844; 2002, c. 504; 2003, c. 294; 2005, c. 817; 2007, c.
630; 2010, c. 458; 2011, cc. 815, 864; 2012, cc. 632, 803, 835; 2015, c. 761;
2016, c. 465.