Virginia Public Procurement Act; project labor agreements.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; project laboragreements. Requires every public body, prior to requiring bidders,offerors, contractors, subcontractors, or operators on public workscontracts to enter into, become or remain signatories to, or adhereto project labor agreements, to make a written determination thatrequiring such bidders, offerors, contractors, subcontractors, oroperators to enter into, become or remain signatories to, or adhereto such project labor agreements advances the public's interestsbased on objective criteria established by the public body by regulationor ordinance, such as cost, efficiency, quality, safety, timeliness,maintenance of a skilled labor force, labor stability, or advancing minority-owned and women-owned business participation in the project.