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HOUSE BILL NO. 1823 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on February 18, 2013) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Villanueva) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-1102.1, relating to the Department of General Services; data files of procurement notices.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-1102.1 as follows:

§ 2.2-1102.1. Department to provide data files of procurement notices to requesting newspapers.

The Department of General Services shall (i) provide an electronic data file of the using agencies' business opportunities at no charge to any requesting newspaper or other print publication with circulation in Virginia using the comma-separated values (CSV) format and (ii) send the data file automatically via electronic mail on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as agreed to by the parties. The data file shall contain all active business opportunity notices posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website by all public bodies in accordance with the requirements of §§ 2.2-4301, 2.2-4303, 56-573.1:1, and 56-575.17. The electronic business opportunity data shall include, at a minimum: (a) the name of the issuing public body, (b) a description of goods or services to be purchased, (c) the date the bid or proposal is due, and (d) the point of contact for the issuing public body, including the contact's name, phone number, and email address.