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($30,000.00) ("small purchase procedures"). Such small purchase procedures shall provide for • competition wherever practicable. 10(g)Upon a determination made in advance by the purchasing manager and set forth in writing that the purchase of goods, products or commodities from a public auction sale is in the best interests of the public, such items may be purchased at the auction, including online public auctions. The writing shall document the basis for this determination. However, bulk purchases of commodities used in road and highway construction and maintenance, and aggregates, shall not be made by online public auctions. 1(h)The purchase of goods or nonprofessional services, but not construction or professional services, may be made by reverse auctioning. However, bulk purchases of commodities used in road and highway construction and maintenance, and aggregates, shall not be made by reverse auctioning. "(i)The city may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative procurement agreement on behalf of or in conjunction with one or more other public bodies, or public agencies or institutions or localities of the several states, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, of the United States or its territories, the District of Columbia, or the U.S. General Services Administration, for the purpose of combining requirements to increase efficiency or reduce administrative expenses in any acquisition of goods and services. Except for contracts for professional services, a public body may purchase from another public body's contract even if it did not participate in the request for proposal or invitation to bid, if the request for proposal or invitation to bid specified that the procurement was being conducted on behalf of other public bodies. %)No contract for the construction of any building or for an addition to or improvement of an existing building by the city or any of its agencies, boards or departments for which state funds of not more than • $30,000 in the aggregate or for the sum of all phases of a contract or project either by appropriation, grant-in-aid or loan, are used or are to be used for all or part of the cost of construction, shall be let except after competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation. 14(k)Upon a determination made in advance by the purchasing manager and set forth in writing that neither competitive sealed bidding nor competitive negotiations would be practicable or fiscally advantageous to the city, the city in its capacity as a utility operator may purchase services through or participate in contracts awarded by one or more utility operators that are not public bodies for utility marking services as required by the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act (§56-265.14 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), provided that the purchasing manager certifies in writing that the contract has been awarded based on competitive principles. 15 Sec. 22-5.Exemption for certain transactions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: 16(1)Contracts for the acquisition of motor vehicles for sale or transfer to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients. 10 New. Optional provision authorized by Va. Code §2.2-4303(1) New. Optional provision authorized by Va. Code §2.2-4303(J) 1z Compare current §22-10. It New. Required by Va. Code §2.2-4305. 14 New. Optional provision authorized by Va. Code §2.2-4343(13). • 15 Compare current §22-19. 16 New. Optional provision authorized by Va. Code §2.2-4343(A)(4). Page 3 of I 1