Frequently Asked Questions 1. Each bidder is required to complete a bidder's application form to register to do business with the State and get on a specific bid list. The state agency or the Purchasing Division can provide you with an agency bidder's application form which will place your company on our TOPS data base and allow you to do business with any state agency. This type of application form will not place your company on a bid list by commodity code.
Statute requires all vendors to register in order to do business with the state.
However, you do not have to get on a bidder's list. When you contact the bid officer or the small and minority business coordinator, they will check the TOPS vendor data base and advise if your company has previously registered. Contact the bid officer to change or update information. Written confirmation from your company is required. The Tennessee Online Purchasing System does allow for random computer selection of vendors.