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TN Code § 12-3-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 10 - Permanent Register of Respondents|§ 12-3-1002. Application for Qualification as Respondents

 All such applications by prospective respondents shall contain:   A verified statement by the applicant disclosing and setting forth the types or classes of goods or services which the applicant desires to furnish and is able to furnish to the state or any state agency;   A statement disclosing whether such applicant will furnish such goods or services as a manufacturer, dealer, agent, distributor, factor, or otherwise; and   Such other information as may be required by the central procurement office to establish the ability of the applicant to perform any future undertaking for the state.
TN Code § 12-3-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 10 - Permanent Register of Respondents|§ 12-3-1003. Permanent Mailing List of Respondents

 The central procurement office shall establish and maintain from the permanent register of respondents a permanent mailing list, which shall include the names and mailing addresses of all interested respondents.
TN Code § 12-3-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 10 - Permanent Register of Respondents|§ 12-3-1004. Distributing and Posting Solicitations and Responses Electronically

 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the central procurement office may satisfy any requirement for mailing by distributing solicitations electronically and posting solicitations to the central procurement office internet website. In addition, the central procurement office may receive responses electronically. In order to assure the fullest possible participation of small businesses and minority-owned businesses, the central procurement office shall not require such small businesses and minority-owned businesses to receive or respond to solicitations electronically.
TN Code § 12-3-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|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 cited as the “Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons with Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act.”
TN Code § 12-3-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1103. Criteria and Standards for Eligibility

  The procurement commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations establishing criteria and standards for minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and small businesses that are eligible to be included under this part. The rules and regulations must include methods by which eligibility can be verified and the business deemed certified.   Such criteria and standards for eligibility shall include, but not be limited to, the number of employees, the total gross receipts or annual sales volume, including ownership and control.   The maximum number of employees and the maximum dollar value of a small business under such rules and regulations may vary from industry to industry to the extent necessary to reflect the differing characteristics of any relevant factors of each particular industry.   The governor's office of diversity business enterprises shall implement and administer a certification program and publish a directory of businesses certified as small businesses and diversity business enterprises.   Any business desiring to be certified as a small business or diversity business enterprise shall make application to the governor's office of diversity business enterprises on an application as prescribed by such office.
TN Code § 12-3-1105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1105. Design and Implementation of Procedures

 The departments of general services, finance and administration, transportation and economic and community development, and the state building commission shall cooperate with the governor's office of diversity business enterprises in the design and implementation of procedures for the identification of any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business, the selection for bid and proposal lists and the monitoring of procurements from minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business.
TN Code § 12-3-1106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1106. Diversity Business Program Director — Annual Goals for Contracting With Businesses

  The chief procurement officer, as director of the governor's office of diversity business enterprises, shall appoint a diversity business program director to work in conjunction with the departments of general services, finance and administration, transportation, economic and community development and the state building commission to:  Compile and maintain a comprehensive list of any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business by cooperating with both governmental and private sector entities in locating potential sources for various products and services;   Assist any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business in complying with state procurement and contracting procedures and requirements;   Examine requests from state agencies for the purchase of goods or services to help determine which solicitations may offer increased opportunities for any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business; and   Make recommendations to appropriate state agencies for the simplification of procurement and contract specifications and terms in order to increase the opportunities of participation by any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business.     All state agencies shall fully cooperate with the governor's office of diversity business enterprises and shall provide staff support and any other assistance upon request of the chief procurement officer. This cooperation specifically includes, but is not limited to, establishing and striving to achieve annual state agency level internal goals for minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business contracting. In establishing and striving to achieve these annual goals, each agency shall work closely with the governor's office of diversity business enterprises. Each agency shall provide as requested to the governor's office of diversity business enterprises periodic reports on upcoming procurement and contract opportunities and on the level of participation by minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business in that agency's procurements and contracts.
TN Code § 12-3-1107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1107. Annual Report

  The chief procurement officer shall annually report, on or before each December 31, to the governor and to each member of the general assembly concerning the awarding of purchases to minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business and the total value of awards made during the preceding fiscal year under this part. The chief procurement officer shall also include in such annual report:  The number of solicitations of minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business by category;   The number of responses received from minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business by category;   The dollar amount of purchases awarded to such businesses by category; and   The total dollar amount of purchases awarded to all businesses in the state.     In annually reporting the information on any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business, based upon information provided by vendors, the chief procurement officer shall, in a separate section of the report, indicate the number of businesses solicited within each of the five (5) subcategories enumerated within § 12-3-1102, the number of responses received from each of the five (5) subcategories enumerated within § 12-3-1102, and the total number and dollar amount of all purchases awarded within each of the five (5) subcategories enumerated within § 12-3-1102. For purposes of evaluation, the report shall also indicate the total number and dollar amount of all purchases by all state agencies during the reporting period.
TN Code § 12-3-1108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1108. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Departments and Agencies

 All departments, agencies and institutions of state government that purchase meat, meat food products or meat by-products, as defined in § 53-7-202, with state funds shall give preference to producers located within the boundaries of this state when awarding contracts or agreements for the purchase of such meat or meat products, so long as the terms, conditions and quality associated with the in-state producers' proposals are equal to those obtainable from producers located elsewhere.
TN Code § 12-3-1109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1109. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Schools

 All public education institutions using state funds to purchase meat, meat food products, or meat by-products, as defined in § 53-7-202, shall give preference in awarding contracts or agreements for the purchase of such meat or meat products to producers located within the boundaries of this state so long as the terms, conditions and quality associated with the in-state producers' proposals are equal to those obtainable from producers located elsewhere.
TN Code § 12-3-1110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1110. Preference to In-State Coal Mining Companies

 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, institutions of higher education, schools and all other state entities shall purchase coal mined in this state if such coal is available at a delivered price that is equal to or less than coal mined outside the state.
TN Code § 12-3-1111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1111. Preference to In-State Natural Gas Producers

 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, institutions of higher education, schools and all other state entities shall purchase natural gas produced from wells located in the state if such gas is available at a price which is equal to or less than natural gas produced from wells located outside the state, transportation costs taken into account.
TN Code § 12-3-1113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 11 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act|§ 12-3-1113. Preference to Goods Produced or Grown in This State, Including Agricultural Products

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all departments and agencies making purchases of goods, including agricultural products, shall give preference to those produced or grown in this state or offered by Tennessee respondents as follows:  Goods produced in this state or offered by Tennessee respondents shall be given equal preference if the cost to the state and quality are equal; and   Agricultural products grown in this state shall be given first preference and agricultural products offered by Tennessee respondents shall be given second preference, if the cost to the state and quality are equal.     If goods, including agricultural products, produced or grown in this state or offered by Tennessee respondents are not equal in cost and quality to other products, then goods, including agricultural products, produced or grown in other states of the United States shall be given preference over foreign products if the cost to the state and quality are equal.   As used in this section:  “Agricultural products” includes textiles and other similar products; and   “Tennessee respondents” means a business:  Incorporated in this state;   That has its principal place of business in this state; or   That has an established physical presence in this state.       The commission and all state agencies making purchases of vegetation for landscaping purposes, including plants, shall give preference to Tennessee vegetation native to the region if the cost to the state is not greater and the quality is not inferior.   All departments and agencies procuring services shall give preference to services offered by a Tennessee respondent if:  The services meet state requirements regarding the service to be performed and expected quality; and   The cost of the service does not exceed the cost of other similar services of similar expected quality that are not offered by a Tennessee respondent.
TN Code § 12-3-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 12-3-1202. Purchase of Secondhand Articles or Equipment by Municipalities or Counties

  Notwithstanding any charter, private act, or general law requirements, any municipality or any county may purchase used or secondhand articles consisting of goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency without public advertisement and competitive soliciting.   Notwithstanding any charter, private act, or general law requirements, any municipality or any county may purchase used or secondhand articles consisting of goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from any private individual or entity without public advertisement and competitive soliciting as long as the purchasing government documents the general range of value of the purchased item through a listing in a nationally recognized publication or through an appraisal by a licensed appraiser, and the price is not more than five percent (5%) higher than the highest value of the documented range.
TN Code § 12-3-1204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 12-3-1204. Competitive Solicitation

  As used in this section, “municipality,” “county,” and “metropolitan government” apply only to municipalities, counties, and metropolitan governments with a population greater than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census.   In any municipality, county, or metropolitan government, notwithstanding any charter provision, private act, or other provision of law, a purchase, lease, or lease-purchase must be preceded by competitive solicitation only if the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000).   When the charter of a metropolitan government requires that purchases be made on the basis of competitive bidding, notwithstanding subsection (b), “competitive soliciting” for the metropolitan government means:  Dollar Amount of Purchase    Requirement   $1,000 to $3,999.99 Three (3) verbal (including telephone)   quotations when possible.   $4,000 to $9,999.99 Three (3) written (including fax)   quotations when possible.   $10,000 and above Competitive sealed bids or proposals for   nonemergency and nonproprietary   product purchases.    Any municipality, county, or metropolitan government may retain present competitive soliciting requirements and may retain the right to establish, in accordance with charter amendment or private act, whichever is applicable, different dollar amount thresholds and different requirements for competitive bids and competitive proposals from those established in this section.   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to expressly or impliedly repeal §  7-52-117, or any part of that section.   This section shall not supersede or be construed to supersede § 12-3-1201.
TN Code § 12-3-1206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 12-3-1206. Transfer of Assets for Fire Protection

  Notwithstanding any other law, a county, municipality and metropolitan government may transfer the ownership of assets for fire protection purchased through or with the proceeds of federal, state or local grants to volunteer fire departments within such county, municipality or metropolitan area; provided, that such volunteer fire departments are registered as nonprofit organizations with the office of the secretary of state.   This section shall have no effect in a county, municipality or metropolitan area unless it is approved by the appropriate legislative body.
TN Code § 12-3-1210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 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 regents system and the University of Tennessee system are authorized to:   Develop procedures to apply the policy of § 12-3-701 to their constituent institutions, including procedures describing the circumstances in which limitations below two (2) times the value of the contract are permitted and procedures for obtaining permission from the appropriate official of the Tennessee board of regents or the University of Tennessee;   Purchase software for use restricted solely to academic teaching or research upon terms that may limit the contractor's liability or warranties; provided, that in no event, shall the liability of the contractor be limited for intentional torts, criminal acts or fraudulent conduct; and   Acquire software or services, materials, supplies and equipment free or at nominal cost upon terms that may limit the contractor's liability or warranties; provided, that in no event, shall the liability of the contractor be limited for intentional torts, criminal acts or fraudulent conduct.
TN Code § 12-3-1211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 12-3-1211. Contracts for the Purchase of Personal Computers and Related Devices by Public School Teachers

  The central procurement office may establish contracts for the purchase of personal computers and related devices by public school teachers for use outside the classroom. The computers and related devices shall not be purchased with public funds, but shall be paid for and owned by teachers individually. The contracts shall be established in accordance with this chapter.   The central procurement office shall promulgate rules to regulate the purchases authorized in this section. The rules shall be approved by the procurement commission.
TN Code § 12-3-1212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 12 - Local Governments|§ 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 the contrary, any county, municipality, utility district, LEA in accordance with § 49-2-203(a), or other local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required to an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. At least three (3) written quotations shall be required whenever possible for purchases costing less than the bid threshold established for public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals but more than forty percent (40%) of such bid threshold or some lower amount as may be established by the governing body in the resolution. Purchases of like items shall be aggregated for purposes of the bid threshold.