2.2-1118 - Purchases from nonprofit sheltered workshops of Virginia serving the handicapped. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-1118. Purchases from nonprofit sheltered workshops of Virginia servingthe handicapped.

A. The Division shall publish annually a list of materials, supplies,services and equipment which, in the opinion of the Division, would bebeneficial to the Commonwealth to procure from a sheltered workshop. The listshall exclude items currently produced by schools or workshops under thesupervision of the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired orby inmates confined in state correctional institutions.

B. Any item or service included on the list required by subsection A may bepurchased by the Division from nonprofit sheltered workshops serving thehandicapped without competitive procurement, if the Division is satisfiedthat the items and services (i) can be purchased within ten percent of theirfair market value, (ii) will be of acceptable quality, and (iii) can beproduced in sufficient quantities within the time required.

C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Division from amending the listrequired under subsection A by adding categories to the list after it hasbeen published.

(1978, c. 24, § 2.1-450.1; 1982, c. 647; 1987, c. 72; 2001, c. 844.)