Municipal – Procurement Act – Bid Protest – No Contract Award 
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Published: April 12, 2010
Tags: Judge James V. Lane, Municipal, Rockingham County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
An excavation company cannot use either the Virginia Public Procurement Act or defendant city’s own purchasing manual to establish the court’s jurisdiction for its challenge to the city’s decision not to award a contract on a particular project, and the Rockingham County Circuit Court sustains the city’s demurrer.
Virginia Code § 2.2-4360 sets forth the protest ...
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