Title 31 — Public Works and Property
8 chapters · 81 sections in this title.
31 V.I.C. § 231 Efficient system of procurement and supply
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement, in accordance with law, shall provide for an economic and efficient system for the procurement and supply of all property and non-personal services, and all related functions, such as controlling, inspection, storage, issue, specifica…
31 V.I.C. § 231a Government acquisition of real property
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(a) In all cases where the Government of the Virgin Islands is authorized to acquire real property by purchase or exchange for any public use, other than by condemnation, and the Governor shall express in writing his opinion that said real property is needed for a specific public…
31 V.I.C. § 232 Duties of Commissioner of Property and Procurement
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(1) purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, in the manner described in this chapter, required by any and all departments, offices, boards, institutions, and other agencies of the Government of the Virgin Islands, but not for the legis…
31 V.I.C. § 233 Certification of appropriation balance
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall not issue any order for delivery on a contract or open market purchase unless the request for purchase bears certification that there is to the credit of the department, office, board, institution or other agency concerned a suff…
31 V.I.C. § 234 Approval of purchase order; penalties
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(a) No purchase shall be made by any department or agency of the government or by any employee of the government for any agency of the government except by written order approved by the Commissioner of Property and Procurement and issued in accordance with section 233 of this tit…
31 V.I.C. § 235 Competition
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All purchases of and contracts for supplies, materials equipment and contractual services must be conducted in a manner providing for full and open competition consistent with the standards of this chapter. All procurement transactions must be conducted through competitive bids o…
31 V.I.C. § 236 Contract procedure
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(a) Except as provided for in section 239, all purchases of and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment, and contractual services and for all sales of obsolete and unusable personal property must be based on competitive bids, or competitive proposals. All expenditures made p…
31 V.I.C. § 236a Preferred bidders
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(a) For the purposes of this section “preferred bidder” means (1) a person who has been a bona fide continuous resident of the Virgin Islands for at least 8 years or was born in the Virgin Islands; or (2) a firm, partnership or corporation in which at least fifty-one (51%) percen…
31 V.I.C. § 236b Repealed. June 20, 1986, No. 5174, § 2(b), Sess. L. 1986, p. 168
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31 V.I.C. § 236b Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
31 V.I.C. § 237 Standards and specifications
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(a) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement, with the cooperation of the Lieutenant Governor and the Commissioner of Public Works, shall—(1) classify all the supplies, materials and equipment used by the various agencies of the government;(2) adopt as standards the minimum n…
31 V.I.C. § 238 Estimates of requirements
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All agencies of the government shall file with the Commissioner of Property and Procurement detailed estimates of their requirements in supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services in such manner, and at such periods as the Commissioner shall prescribe. This shall not …
31 V.I.C. § 239 Open market purchases
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(a) Supplies, material and equipment may be purchased and contractual services negotiated for, in the open market without observing the provisions of section 236 of this title provided—(1) the Governor declares, in the public interest by Proclamation that a State of Emergency exi…
31 V.I.C. § 240 Repealed. July 16, 1968, No. 2284, § 3
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31 V.I.C. § 240 Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
31 V.I.C. § 241 Inspection
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may require the inspection or supervision of all deliveries of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services to determine their conformance with the specifications set forth in the order or contract. Any department having the …
31 V.I.C. § 242 Surplus stock
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All agencies shall submit to the Commissioner of Property and Procurement, at such times and in such form as he shall prescribe, reports showing stocks of all supplies, materials, and equipment which are no longer used or which have become obsolete, worn out or scrapped. The Comm…
31 V.I.C. § 243 Inter-governmental transactions
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In the interest of efficiency and economy, one department, agency, or fund, may supply services, materials, or equipment to another department, agency, or fund upon request; and an amount equalling the cost of such services or materials, depreciated value of equipment or reasonab…
31 V.I.C. § 244 Storerooms and warehouses
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(a) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall control and supervise any and all existing storerooms and warehouses and any which may hereafter be established. (b) Appropriations shall be made by the Legislature to provide a stores revolving fund of sufficient amount to f…
31 V.I.C. § 245 Rules and regulations
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall establish, and from time to time amend, all rules and regulations authorized by this chapter and any others necessary to its operations. Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto shall be subject to final approval of the …
31 V.I.C. § 246 Annual report
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The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall submit to the Governor an annual report on the work of his department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and may from time to time suggest changes in this chapter which he deems necessary.
31 V.I.C. § 247 Interest of employees in Government contracts
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No employee of the Department of Property and Procurement shall be admitted to any share or part of any Government contract or to any benefit that may arise therefrom.
31 V.I.C. § 248 Unauthorized purchases
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(a) No contract or purchase on behalf of the government shall be made unless the same is authorized by law or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment. (b) Nor shall any otherwise authorized contract or purchase on behalf of any organization of the Government for per…
31 V.I.C. § 249 Violations; recovery of funds
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(a) Any purchase order or contract executed in violation of this chapter and of the rules and regulations promulgated for its enforcement, shall be null and ineffective and, if public funds have been expended in relation therewith, the amount so expended may be recovered in behal…
31 V.I.C. § 250 Delegation of duties; bond
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(a) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may delegate duties prescribed under this chapter to persons within the Department of Property and Procurement, subject to approval of the Governor. (b) Any person designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be bond…
31 V.I.C. § 251 Designation of newspapers and online or electronic publications for official procurement notices
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall procure advertising from any newspapers or news magazine of general circulation in the Virgin Islands or any online or electronic publication, or databases of the Federal Governm…