                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIRECT PURCHASES BY USING AGENCIES AND CERTAIN CHARITABLE CORPORATIONS AND
PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (§ 2.2-1120)

A. The Division shall have the power, by general rule or special order, to
permit purchases of any material, equipment, supplies, printing or
nonprofessional services of every description to be made by any using agency
directly, and not through the Division, whenever it appears to the satisfaction
of the Division that by reason of the excess transportation costs, a lower price
with equal quality can be obtained by the using agency, or for any other reason,
which in the judgment of the Division warrants an exemption.

B. The Division shall allow corporations operating in Virginia and granted tax
exempt status under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and operating
as clinics for the indigent and uninsured that are organized for the delivery of
primary health care services (i) as federally qualified health centers
designated by the Health Care Financing Administration or (ii) at a reduced or
sliding fee scale or without charge, to purchase directly from contracts
established for state agencies and public bodies by the Division or, provided it
is not prohibited by the terms of the procurement, through participation by the
Division in other cooperative procurements.

C. The Division shall allow organizations that provide transportation services
in Virginia and receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration or the
Commonwealth Transportation Fund to purchase directly from contracts established
for state agencies and public bodies by the Division. The Department of Rail and
Public Transportation shall assist the Division in establishing and maintaining
a list of organizations that shall be authorized to make purchases pursuant to
this subsection.

D. The Division shall allow private institutions of higher education that are
(i)(a) chartered in Virginia or (b) chartered by an Act of Congress in 1821 and
that have owned and operated since 1991 a campus with a significant presence in
the Commonwealth and (ii) granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code to purchase directly from contracts established for
state agencies and public bodies by the Division.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 2-257; 1958, c. 124; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-281; 1977, c.
672, § 2.1-447; 1980, c, 357; 1988, c. 140; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2003,
c. 225; 2004, c. 484; 2006, c. 582; 2015, c. 462.