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Professional Building Maintenance Vs. School Board Of The County Of Spotsylvania

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Andrew Stromberg
Procurement Law
Dr.
12-4-16

Professional Building Maintenance vs The School Board of the County of Spotsylvania, Virginia in the Supreme Court of Virginia

Introduction

Professional Building Maintenance Corporation versus the School Board of the County of Spotsylvania is a 2012 case decided by the Virginia Supreme Court. The appellant, Professional Building Maintenance Corporation, challenged the School Board of the County of Spotsylvania on several issues including the use of “Best Value” as the method of procurement. To understand the case, one needs to understand why “best value” came about in Virginia, what was the definition of “best value”, and what laws governed “best value” procurements.
In 1982, the Virginia General Assembly established government public procurement policies. They did so through the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA), enumerated in Title 2.2 chapter 43 of the Code of Virginia. Throughout the following years, the Governors of Virginia as well as the general Assembly sought to improve upon the VPPA. On September 2, 1998, Virginia Governor James Gilmore established, through executive order, the Commonwealth of Virginia Procurement Assessment Task Force. The Task Force had a mandate to develop recommendations on how to “improve the performance of the Commonwealth’s procurement efforts.” (Slater and Upson, 2000, pg.1) On February 3, 2000 the task force released a report which provided the Governor with five procurement

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