Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. Allows a participating locality, for any procurement solicitation or contract exceeding $10,000 for goods and services,to require the bidder or offeror to disclose certain informationregarding pre-dispute arbitration clauses, defined in the bill, in employment, civil rights, and consumer disputes, and provides thata locality may consider the policies and practices related to arbitrationof each bidder and offeror. The bill also provides that a participatinglocality shall require the bidder or offeror to provide written orelectronic submissions to allow the locality to ascertain (i) whetherthe bidder or offeror requires persons with whom it is in a work relationshipor prospective work relationship to sign or otherwise enter intoa contract containing a pre-dispute arbitration clause that wouldcover an employment or civil rights dispute and (ii) whether thebidder or offeror requires consumers to sign or otherwise enter intoa contract containing a pre-dispute arbitration clause that wouldcover a consumer or civil rights dispute as a condition of purchasingproducts or services, downloading mobile applications, or using websites.The bill authorizes a participating locality to cancel, terminate,or suspend, in whole or in part, the contract of any contractor thathas violated a provision of the bill and to declare the contractorineligible for further contracts with such locality for up to fiveyears.