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HB 1288 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Dept. of; certification of employment services organizations.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of employment services organizations; public procurement. Provides that for solicitations under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, each public body shall include, in addition to small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses, employment services organizations, as defined in the bill, certified by the Department and set goals for the participation of employment services organizations in procurement transactions. The bill clarifies that the certification process conducted by the Department includes employment services organizations. Finally, the bill states that contracts and subcontracts awarded to employment services organizations shall be credited toward a contractor's small, women-owned, and minority-owned business contracting and subcontracting goals.


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