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Bill	Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.	Establishes requirements for the procurement of construction using the construction management and design-build procurement methods by state and local public bodies and covered institutions of higher education, as defined in the bill, and the conditions under which such methods may be used. Public bodies must comply with procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for construction management or design-build projects. State public bodies and covered institutions must adopt procedures that include, among other things, a requirement that the state public body or covered institution make a written determination in advance that competitive sealed bidding is not practicable or fiscally advantageous and document the basis for the determination to use the construction management or design-build procurement method. The bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to evaluate the proposed procurement method of state public bodies and covered institutions and provide a recommendation regarding the procurement method within five days of receipt of the written determination. If a state public body or covered institution elects to proceed with the project using a construction management or design-build contract despite a DGS recommendation to the contrary, the state public body or covered institution must provide to DGS in writing its reasons for doing so. For local public bodies, construction management contracts may be used for projects whose cost is expected to be less than $10 million, provided that the project is a complex project and the project procurement method is approved by the local governing body. The bill also requires DGS to report to the Governor and certain General Assembly committees annually by December 1 information pertaining to (i) the agency's evaluation of projects submitted by state public bodies and covered institutions and (ii) all completed capital projects in excess of $2 million. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1129	Virginia SB 1129 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Contracts Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	6	28	11	2017-01-09	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/125862d6-ad65-4eaf-a447-218f9eb51a07	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1129	4afc22fa47146817e4d46c47e7985abc4f93caacee86256536fa79c83868922e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1129 (2017) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.

Establishes requirements for the procurement of construction using the construction management and design-build procurement methods by state and local public bodies and covered institutions of higher education, as defined in the bill, and the conditions under which such methods may be used. Public bodies must comply with procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for construction management or design-build projects. State public bodies and covered institutions must adopt procedures that include, among other things, a requirement that the state public body or covered institution make a written determination in advance that competitive sealed bidding is not practicable or fiscally advantageous and document the basis for the determination to use the construction management or design-build procurement method. The bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to evaluate the proposed procurement method of state public bodies and covered institutions and provide a recommendation regarding the procurement method within five days of receipt of the written determination. If a state public body or covered institution elects to proceed with the project using a construction management or design-build contract despite a DGS recommendation to the contrary, the state public body or covered institution must provide to DGS in writing its reasons for doing so. For local public bodies, construction management contracts may be used for projects whose cost is expected to be less than $10 million, provided that the project is a complex project and the project procurement method is approved by the local governing body. The bill also requires DGS to report to the Governor and certain General Assembly committees annually by December 1 information pertaining to (i) the agency's evaluation of projects submitted by state public bodies and covered institutions and (ii) all completed capital projects in excess of $2 million. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105414D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1129ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104872D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105865D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102128D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 1–39 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102128D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104872D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1129S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17105414D-H1
• 2017-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1129H1
• 2017-02-17 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 House insisted on substitute
• 2017-02-22 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-25 Conference substitute printed 17105865D-S2
• 2017-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 704 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/125862d6-ad65-4eaf-a447-218f9eb51a07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).