Effective July 1, 2010, the Code Of Virginia required that to be eligible for award, any bidder or offeror organized as a stock or non-stock corporation, limited liability company, business trust, or limited partnership or registered as a registered limited liability partnership must be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a domestic or foreign business entity if so required by Title 13.1 or Title 50 of the Code of Virginia or as otherwise required by law.

Code of Virginia 2.2-4311.2

All bidders/offerors shall include in its bid/proposal the identification number issued to it by the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”). (This is NOT the business license or contractor’s license number.) Any bidder/offeror that is not required to be authorized to transact business in the  Commonwealth as a foreign business entity under Title 13.1 or Title 50 of the Code of Virginia or as otherwise required by law shall include in its bid or proposal a statement describing why the offeror is not required to be so authorized. Any bidder/offeror described herein that fails to

provide the required information shall not receive an award unless a waiver of this requirement and the policies and procedures established to implement this section is granted by the General Manager.

Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA)

The purpose of this chapter within the Code of Virginia is to enunciate the public policies pertaining to governmental procurement from nongovernmental sources, to include governmental procurement that may or may not result in monetary consideration for either party. This chapter of the Code of Virginia shall apply whether the consideration is monetary or nonmonetary and regardless of whether the public body, the contractor, or some third party is providing the consideration.