Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof nonresponsibility; local option to include criteria in invitationto bid. Allows any locality to include in the invitation to bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether a bidder possessesthe moral and business integrity and reliability that will assuregood faith performance that is required of a responsible bidder.Such criteria may include a history or good faith assurances of (i)completion by the bidder and any potential subcontractors of specifiedsafety training programs established the U.S. Department of Labor,Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (ii) participationby the bidder and any potential subcontractors in apprenticeship training programs approved by state agencies or the U.S. Departmentof Labor; or (iii) maintenance by the bidder and any potential subcontractorsof records of compliance with applicable local, state, and federallaws.