Bill Text: VA HB164 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-01 - Incorporated by General Laws [HB164 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB164-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-4328 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-4328. Preference for local products and firms; applicability.
A. The governing body of a county, city, or town may, in the case of a tie bid, give preference to goods, services and construction produced in such locality or provided by persons, firms, or corporations having principal places of business in the locality, if such a choice is available; otherwise the tie shall be decided by lot, unless §2.2-4324 applies. The county, city, or town may also give preference to a higher bid that includes such local products and firms so long as the bid price is not more than 10 percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
B. The provisions of this section shall apply only to bids submitted pursuant to a written Invitation to Bid.
