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Part 1 - Applicability of Chapter
§ 12-3-101. State Requirements to Be Purchased by the Central Procurement Office - Except as provided in §§ 12-3-102 and 12-3-103, all goods...
§ 12-3-104. Transfer of Equipment Between Departments, Institutions and Agencies - Whenever any state department or agency applies to the department...
Part 2 - General Provisions
§ 12-3-201. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 12-3-202. Long Distance Telephone Service for Students at State Universities and Colleges - Subject to the regulations and requirements of the Tennessee public...
Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services
§ 12-3-307. Application of Procedural and Administrative Accountability Requirements to Matching Funds - Contracting state agencies that establish the procedural and administrative accountability...
§ 12-3-311. Certain Noncompetitive Purchases and Contracts Entered Into by the Department of Transportation Are Subject to the Approval of the Comptroller of the Treasury — Review by the Fiscal Review Committee - All noncompetitive purchases and contracts entered into by the department...
Part 4 - Delegation of Purchasing Authority -
Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations
§ 12-3-501. Award of Contracts by Competitive Sealed Solicitations - Unless otherwise authorized by law, state contracts shall be awarded...
§ 12-3-504. Sole Source Procurement — Noncompetitive Negotiation - The chief procurement officer shall identify goods or services that...
§ 12-3-505. Emergency Purchases - The chief procurement officer is authorized to purchase for a...
§ 12-3-506. Negotiation With Vendors — General Services Administration Price Agreement - In accordance with rules and regulations of the central procurement...
§ 12-3-507. Competitive Negotiation - Except as otherwise provided by law, a contract may be...
§ 12-3-508. Utilities — Service Contracts - Subject to rules of the central procurement office approved by...
§ 12-3-509. Certification by Receiving Agent as Condition of Payment - When any goods or services are received by a state...
§ 12-3-510. Records of Purchases Open to Public - Notwithstanding § 12-3-502, all procurement records of the department and...
§ 12-3-511. Ascertainment of Availability of Funds - The central procurement office shall not honor or act upon...
§ 12-3-512. Cooperative Purchasing Agreements - The central procurement office and public institutions of higher education...
Part 6 - Cost Principles and Audits
§ 12-3-603. Regulations Regarding Cost Principles - The chief procurement officer shall propose regulations for approval by...
Part 7 - Procurement With Limitation of Liability -
Part 8 - Procurement Specifications and Scopes of Work
§ 12-3-801. Specifications and Scopes of Work to Permit Open and Competitive Soliciting - Whenever possible, all procurement specifications and scopes of work for...
§ 12-3-802. Adoption and Application of Standard Specifications and Scopes of Work - It is the duty of all state agencies to furnish...
§ 12-3-803. Changes and Additions to Standard Specifications - After the approval and adoption of standard specifications in the...
§ 12-3-804. Standard Specifications Preferred — Procedure for Exceptions - The chief procurement officer shall make use of standard specifications...
§ 12-3-805. Requisition of Goods and Services for Which No Standard Adopted - Whenever any department, institution, or agency of state government requisitions...
Part 9 - Life Cycle Cost and Procurement Act of 1978
§ 12-3-901. Short Title - This part shall be known as and may be cited...
§ 12-3-902. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 12-3-903. Policy of State - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...
§ 12-3-904. Purchases to Be Made According to Energy Efficiency Standards - The chief procurement officer, to the maximum extent feasible, shall...
§ 12-3-906. Life Cycle Costs Used in Purchase of Major Energy-Consuming Products - When energy efficiency standards are established, the procurement commission shall...
§ 12-3-907. Energy Efficiency Standards and Life Cycle Costs to Be Used by Political Subdivisions - Except when private act or state law prohibits, every political...
§ 12-3-909. Assistance in Development of Energy Efficiency Standards - The chief procurement officer shall provide technical assistance to aid...
§ 12-3-910. Cooperation Among State and Local Agencies - The appropriate state agencies shall cooperate and coordinate their efforts...
§ 12-3-911. Adoption of More Stringent Energy Efficiency Standards by Political Subdivisions - Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the...
§ 12-3-912. Administrative Procedures - The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter...
Part 10 - Permanent Register of Respondents
§ 12-3-1001. Register — Prerequisite for Respondents - No person, firm or corporation shall be considered for contract...
§ 12-3-1002. Application for Qualification as Respondents - All such applications by prospective respondents shall contain:
§ 12-3-1003. Permanent Mailing List of Respondents - The central procurement office shall establish and maintain from the...
§ 12-3-1004. Distributing and Posting Solicitations and Responses Electronically - Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the...
Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act
§ 12-3-1101. Short Title - Sections 12-3-1101 — 12-3-1108 shall be known and may be...
§ 12-3-1102. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 12-3-1105. Design and Implementation of Procedures - The departments of general services, finance and administration, transportation and...
§ 12-3-1108. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Departments and Agencies - All departments, agencies and institutions of state government that purchase...
§ 12-3-1109. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Schools - All public education institutions using state funds to purchase meat,...
§ 12-3-1110. Preference to In-State Coal Mining Companies - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all state...
§ 12-3-1111. Preference to In-State Natural Gas Producers - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all state...
Part 12 - Local Governments
§ 12-3-1204. Competitive Solicitation - Dollar Amount of Purchase Requirement $1,000 to $3,999.99 Three (3)...
§ 12-3-1210. Authority of the Tennessee Board of Regents System and the University of Tennessee System - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Tennessee board of...
§ 12-3-1212. Resolution or Ordinance to Increase Threshold Amount for Requiring Public Advertisement and Competitive Bidding - Notwithstanding any charter provision, private act, or other law to...