HB 685

Abstract

Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferencefor contractors using automatic billing verification software.Requires that, for any bid on a contract (i) in excess of $500,000and (ii) requiring work to be performed using a computer, all stateagencies give preference to responsive and responsible bidders thatagree to verify the hours worked on the associated contract and billedto the agency by using automatic billing verification software thatmeets certain standards. The bill provides that any data collectedby such automatic billing verification pursuant to a contract witha state agency is considered accounting records belonging to thecontractor; however, contractors are prohibited from selling or transferringsuch data or using it for any other purpose or manner other thanto verify and manage the hours worked on the associated contractand billed to the agency. Work performed by a state employee or ona state-owned device and contracts with any law-enforcement agencyor with any agency that is the custodian of criminal justice information,as defined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal JusticeInformation Services Division's Security Policy, are exempted fromthe provisions of this bill.