SB 416

Abstract

Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase of personal protective equipment. Requires a state agency, whenever purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for public use, to ensure such PPE comply with all applicable federal and international certifications. The bill provides that if a state agency receives three or more bids (i) from a Virginia-based company or manufacturer or a manufacturer that uses materials or components made in Virginia or the United States or (ii) from a United States-based manufacturer that uses materials or components made in the United States, the agency may only select among those bids. The bill also provides that if a state agency is unable to purchase PPE from such company or manufacturer, it may purchase from another company or manufacturer, pending the results of independent laboratory testing of the PPE. The bill directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to establish a work group to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding products other than PPE that may be necessary if a state of emergency is declared in Virginia and that state agencies should purchase with the same requirements and to report the recommendations of the work group to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by September 1, 2022.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase of personal protective equipment. Requires a state agency, whenever purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for public use, to purchase such PPE from a Virginia-based company or manufacturer that uses materials or components made in Virginia or the United States, or a United States-based manufacturer that uses materials or components made in the United States, if available, and that complies with all applicable federal and international certifications and requirements for such products. The bill provides that if a state agency is unable to purchase PPE from such company or manufacturer, it may purchase from another company or manufacturer, pending the results of independent laboratory testing of the PPE. The bill directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to establish a work group to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding products other than PPE that state agencies should purchase with the same requirements and to report the recommendations of the work group to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by September 1, 2022.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase ofpersonal protective equipment. Requires a state agency, wheneverpurchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for public use, topurchase such PPE from a Virginia-based company or manufacturer ora manufacturer that uses materials made in the United States. Thebill provides that if a state agency is unable to purchase PPE fromsuch company or manufacturer, it may purchase from another companyor manufacturer, pending the results of independent laboratory testing of the PPE. Additionally, the bill directs the Secretary of Commerceand Trade to establish a work group to make recommendations to theGeneral Assembly regarding products other than personal protectiveequipment that state agencies should purchase with the same requirements.The Secretary shall report the recommendations of the work group to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the SenateCommittee on General Laws and Technology by September 1, 2022.