CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISIONS (§ 2.2-4201)

All contracting agencies shall include in every government contract of over $
10,000 the following provisions:

   During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
               
            

      1.  The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant
      for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin,
      except where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational
      qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the
      contractor. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available
      to employees and applicants for employment, notices setting forth the
      provisions of this nondiscrimination clause, including the names of all
      contracting agencies with which the contractor has contracts of over $
      10,000.

      2.  The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for
      employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that such
      contractor is an equal opportunity employer. However, notices,
      advertisements and solicitations placed in accordance with federal law, rule
      or regulation shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of meeting the
      requirements of this chapter.

   The contractor shall include the provisions of the subdivisions 1 and 2 in
   every subcontract or purchase order of over $ 10,000, so that such provisions
   shall be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.Nothing contained in this
   chapter shall be deemed to empower any agency to require any contractor to
   grant preferential treatment to, or discriminate against, any individual or
   any group because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin on account
   of an imbalance that may exist with respect to the total number or percentage
   of persons of any race, color, religion, sex or national origin employed by
   such contractor in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons
   of such race, color, religion, sex or national origin in any community or in
   the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 626, § 2.1-376; 2001, c. 844.