2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 2.2-4304 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; joint and cooperative procurement; construction exception.
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Approved
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-4304 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-4304 . Joint and cooperative procurement.
A. Any public body may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a joint procurement agreement on behalf of or in conjunction with one or more other public bodies , or public agencies or , institutions , or localities of the several states , of the United States or its territories, the District of Columbia, the U.S. General Services Administration, or the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , for the purpose of combining requirements to increase efficiency or reduce administrative expenses in any acquisition of goods, services, or construction.
B. 1. In addition, a public body may purchase from another public body's contract or from the contract of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments or the Virginia Sheriffs' Association , even if it did not participate in the request for proposal or invitation to bid, if the request for proposal or invitation to bid specified that the procurement was a cooperative procurement being conducted on behalf of other public bodies, except for: