Department of General Services (194)

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 11, Articles 3 and 6, Code of Virginia.

A. 1. Out of this appropriation, $936,900 the first year and $936,900 the second year for federal surplus property is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund  which shall be paid from revenues derived from charges for services.

2. Out of this appropriation, $1,865,000 the first year and $1,865,000 the second year for state surplus property is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund which shall be paid from revenues derived from charges for services.

B. Out of this appropriation, $32,000,000 the first year and $32,000,000 the second year for Statewide Cooperative Procurement and Distribution Services is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund which shall be paid from revenues derived from charges for services. 

C.1. The Commonwealth’s statewide electronic procurement system and program known as eVA will be financed by fees assessed to state agencies and institutions of higher education and vendors.

2. The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Accounts, shall develop an implementation timetable, scope, and cost for real time integration between eVA and the statewide financial management system known as Cardinal, with the objective that the integration be completed within one year of the Cardinal Wave I rollout.  The Secretaries of Administration and Finance shall submit a final timetable, no later than January 1, 2015, to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.  The Department of General Services is authorized to fund all approved costs of the integration, including associated integration costs incurred by the Department of Accounts’ Cardinal project team.  All approved integration costs are to be paid from the existing eVA special fund balances. No integration costs shall be paid from eVA fees collected after July 1, 2014. The Department of General Services is authorized, where necessary, to procure all integration services required for this integration project by the Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts to fulfill the requirements of this subsection.  The Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts shall work collaboratively to implement and complete the integration in accordance with the Secretaries of Administration and Finance approved timetable. The Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts shall jointly submit quarterly implementation progress reports to the Secretaries of Administration and Finance for submission to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees. 

D. The Department of General Services shall allow nonprofit food banks operating in Virginia and granted tax-exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to purchase directly from the Virginia Distribution Center.