Virginia Public Procurement Act; participation by veteran-owned small businesses.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; participationby veteran-owned small businesses. Requires all public bodiesto include in their goals for participation by small businesses aminimum of five percent participation by veteran-owned businessesand service disabled veteran-owned businesses. Current law only requiresa goal of three percent participation by service disabled veteran-ownedbusinesses and does not impose such goal upon local public bodies.The bill also requires the Department of General Services to updatethe eVA portal to include a category for veteran-owned and servicedisabled veteran-owned small businesses that is conspicuous to thegeneral public to easily display and search set-aside opportunitiesfor such businesses.