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TN Code § 12-3-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services|§ 12-3-306. Registration With the Department of Revenue to Collect and Remit Sales and Use Taxes — Development of Procedures for Compliance

  A state governmental entity shall not contract to acquire goods or services, and no person may contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity, unless, prior to, or contemporaneous with, entering into the contract, the person contracting to supply goods or services and its affiliates register with the department of revenue to collect and remit the sales and use tax levied by the Retailers' Sales Tax Act, compiled in title 67, chapter 6. Nothing in this section shall require a person or affiliate to register if the person or affiliate does not make sales to customers in the state of tangible personal property or services, which if the sales occurred wholly within the state, would be taxable under title 67, chapter 6. This section is specifically applicable to foreign persons, notwithstanding the fact that such foreign persons or their affiliates may not otherwise be legally obligated to collect and remit such tax.   For purposes of this section:  “Affiliates” means each and every affiliate of the person contracting with the state or other state entities, as the term “affiliate” is defined in § 48-103-102;   “Other state entities” has the same meaning as in § 12-4-601; and   “Person” or “persons” has the same meaning as in § 67-6-102.     The commissioner of revenue and the chief procurement officer shall develop procedures for compliance with this section with approval by the procurement commission.
TN Code § 12-3-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|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 requirements shall apply these requirements to all matching funds. The established procedural and administrative requirements shall remain in effect for the entire fiscal year covered by the third party contract, and no contracting agency shall modify or amend these procedures without the state agency's approval.
TN Code § 12-3-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services|§ 12-3-309. Prohibited Contracts

  Prohibited contracts:  No state governmental entity shall contract to acquire goods or services from any person who knowingly utilizes the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of a contract for goods or services entered into with a state governmental entity;   No person may contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity if that person knowingly utilizes the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of a contract to supply goods or services entered into with the state or a state entity.     After January 1, 2007, no person may enter into a contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity without first attesting in writing that the person will not knowingly utilize the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of the contract, and will not knowingly utilize the services of any subcontractor who will utilize the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of the contract.   If any person who contracts to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity, or who submits a response to contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity, is discovered to have knowingly utilized the services of illegal immigrants in the performance of the contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity, the chief procurement officer shall declare that person to be prohibited from contracting for or submitting a response for any contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity for a period of one (1) year from the date of discovery of the usage of illegal immigrant services in the performance of a contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity.   Any person who is prevented from contracting for or submitting a response for a contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity for one (1) year pursuant to subsection (c) may appeal the imposition of the one-year prohibition by utilizing an appeals process to be established by the chief procurement officer and approved by the procurement commission.   The chief procurement officer is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section and shall be approved by the procurement commission. All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 12-3-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services|§ 12-3-310. Definition of “Call Center” — Contracts for Call Center Services

  As used in this section, “call center” includes a person who performs services, including, but not limited to, data entry services, electronic governmental transfers, or other electronic, telephone and telecommunication services.   The chief procurement officer shall promulgate regulations pursuant to title 4, chapter 56, authorizing a preference in the evaluation of proposals for state contracts requiring vendors of call center services to only employ, use, or contract with citizens of the United States who reside in the United States, or any person authorized to work in the United States pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens in the United States to provide call center services.   Any respondent seeking this preference shall supply such supporting documentation as the state may require and shall certify that it will provide services solely by citizens of the United States who reside within the United States, or persons authorized to work in the United States pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens in the United States. The certification shall acknowledge and confirm the right of the state to audit and monitor compliance and seek appropriate remedies for noncompliance.
TN Code § 12-3-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services|§ 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 of transportation for nonconstruction and nonengineering projects or services with a term of more than one (1) year or which are renewable by either party that would extend the contract beyond twelve (12) months and which have a cumulative value of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), including all possible renewals, shall be subject to the approval of the comptroller of the treasury. A list of all such purchases and contracts shall be filed with and subject to review by the fiscal review committee.
TN Code § 12-3-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services|§ 12-3-312. Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (Care) Act

  As used in this section, “state agency” also includes institutions of higher education. “State agency” does not include the department of treasury, the Tennessee financial literacy commission, the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or any office of a constitutional officer of this state.   Prior to the procurement of a contract for services between a state agency and a private party in excess of two and one-half million dollars ($2,500,000) and that results in the layoff or furlough of one (1) or more state employees, the state agency shall produce an economic impact statement using professionally accepted methodologies. The economic impact statement must include the information identified in § 4-33-104(b).   An economic impact statement produced under subsection (b) must be submitted to the fiscal review committee for dissemination to the members of the general assembly no less than forty-five (45) days prior to the execution of the contract.   Upon receipt of an economic impact statement under subsection (c), the chair of the fiscal review committee may schedule a hearing to review the economic impact statement.   A state agency notified of a hearing conducted under subsection (d) shall provide the fiscal review committee, upon request, any information reasonably related to the proposed contract that the committee deems relevant; provided, that a state agency is not required to produce privileged information or any record that is not open for public inspection pursuant to state law.   Upon compliance with subsections (b) and (c), nothing in this section prohibits a state agency from executing a proposed contract for services that is subject to this section.   This section applies only to contracts procured on and after March 9, 2018, and does not apply to any contract for services executed on or before March 9, 2018, including, but not limited to, any option for renewal or extension of such contract.
TN Code § 12-3-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 4 - Delegation of Purchasing Authority|§ 12-3-401. Procedure for Delegated Authority

  The chief procurement officer may authorize any or all state agencies to procure all or any specific types and classes of goods or services, without following the procedures relating to the requisitioning of such goods or services through the central procurement office. The comptroller of the treasury shall review and approve such delegations as required by procurement commission policy. The chief procurement officer shall consider the individual state agency's purchasing record in these delegations and shall periodically review purchasing activities of any state agency granted such delegation, and may reduce or revoke such delegated purchasing authority.   It is intended that delegation of purchase authority may be made by state agency, by type of good or service, by dollar amount of procurement, or by any combination thereof, in order to reduce the procurement time required and to increase the amount of purchases made from any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business, as defined in § 12-3-1102.   Upon delegated authority, any procurement not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), for which a source of supply has not otherwise been established, shall be made without requisitioning such goods or services through the central procurement office; provided, that procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this section.   All requisitions and solicitations provided for in this section shall be posted on the state procurement office's website, at a minimum providing the following information, as applicable, regarding each such procurement:  Procuring agency;   Requisition number;   Vendor;   Total amount of requisition;   Line item of description; and   Line item amount.
TN Code § 12-3-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-501. Award of Contracts by Competitive Sealed Solicitations

 Unless otherwise authorized by law, state contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed solicitations by the central procurement office in the manner set forth in § 12-3-502, except as provided in § 12-3-401 and §§ 12-3-503 — 12-3-508.
TN Code § 12-3-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-503. Informal Solicitation — Small Purchases — Active Solicitation of Responses From Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Business Owned by Persons With Disabilities, or Small Business

  The procurement commission may grant the chief procurement officer authority to establish informal solicitation rules, regulations, policies and procedures for procurements. The maximum amount of the procurement shall be determined in accordance with the following:  If all of the members of the procurement commission agree, the amount shall be up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less; and   Procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided in order to constitute an informal procurement under this section.     The procurement commission may grant the chief procurement officer authority to establish small purchase rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. The maximum amount of the purchases shall be determined in accordance with the following:  If all the members of the procurement commission agree, the amount shall be up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less; and   Purchasing requirements shall not be artificially divided in order to constitute a small purchase under this section.     Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), such state agencies shall actively solicit responses from any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business in accordance with part 11 of this chapter.
TN Code § 12-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-504. Sole Source Procurement — Noncompetitive Negotiation

 The chief procurement officer shall identify goods or services that may not be procured by competitive means because of the existence of a single source of supply. The chief procurement officer shall submit to the procurement commission for approval rules, policies, and procedures prescribing the manner in which such procurements may be accomplished, which may include noncompetitive negotiation. Sole source goods and services shall be purchased only in accordance with these rules, policies, and procedures approved by the procurement commission.
TN Code § 12-3-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-505. Emergency Purchases

 The chief procurement officer is authorized to purchase for a state governmental entity in the open market specific goods or services for immediate delivery to meet emergencies arising from any unforeseen cause, including, but not limited to, delays by contractors, delays in transportation, unanticipated volume of work, and acts of God. The chief procurement officer may delegate this authority to any state agency; provided, that a report on the circumstances of any such emergency and the actions taken by such state agency as a result of the emergency shall be transmitted in writing as soon as possible by such state agency to the chief procurement officer. The report shall set forth the prices at which goods and services were purchased and the total amount of the purchase. The chief procurement officer shall keep each report on file in the permanent records of the central procurement office. All emergency purchases shall be posted on the single public internet website in such form as prescribed by the procurement commission. All emergency purchases shall, if practicable, be made on the basis of competitive procurement.
TN Code § 12-3-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-506. Negotiation With Vendors — General Services Administration Price Agreement

 In accordance with rules and regulations of the central procurement office approved by the procurement commission and adopted pursuant to title 4, chapter 56, and chapters 3 and 4 of this title, the chief procurement officer is authorized to negotiate with vendors who maintain a general services administration pricing agreement with the United States or any agency thereof; provided, that no contract executed under this section shall authorize a price higher than is contained in the contract between the general services administration and the affected vendor.
TN Code § 12-3-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-507. Competitive Negotiation

 Except as otherwise provided by law, a contract may be entered into by competitive negotiation when it is determined by the chief procurement officer that it is in the best interest of the state. Each use of competitive negotiation shall be subject to approval by the chief procurement officer and the comptroller of the treasury in accordance with rules, policies, and procedures of the procurement commission. Notice of such approved competitive negotiations shall be posted on the central procurement office's website.
TN Code § 12-3-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-508. Utilities — Service Contracts

 Subject to rules of the central procurement office approved by the procurement commission, the central procurement office shall purchase or contract for all telephone, telegraph, electric light, gas, power, postal, and other services for which a rate for the use thereof has been established by a public authority, in such manner as the chief procurement officer deems to be in the best interest of the state.
TN Code § 12-3-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-509. Certification by Receiving Agent as Condition of Payment

 When any goods or services are received by a state agency, the state agency's receiving agent shall certify electronically or in writing that the goods or services received were equal in quality and quantity to those requisitioned or ordered. The certification shall accompany the voucher directing the payment. The state shall not remit funds in payment of any voucher unless the voucher is accompanied by the certification.
TN Code § 12-3-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-510. Records of Purchases Open to Public

 Notwithstanding § 12-3-502, all procurement records of the department and all records of the procurement commission shall be open and accessible to the public during the regular office hours of the central procurement office or state agency, when such inspections do not interfere with the orderly operation of the central procurement office or state agency.
TN Code § 12-3-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-511. Ascertainment of Availability of Funds

 The central procurement office shall not honor or act upon any requisitions from any state agency without first having ascertained from the commissioner of finance and administration, or other responsible official, the availability of funds to cover the proposed expenditure.
TN Code § 12-3-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-512. Cooperative Purchasing Agreements

 The central procurement office and public institutions of higher education may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods or services with one (1) or more other states or local governments in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. All cooperative purchasing conducted under this section shall be awarded through full and open competition.
TN Code § 12-3-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 5 - Competitive Solicitations|§ 12-3-513. Competitive Reverse Auction Process

  For a purchase of goods and services under this chapter, the central procurement office may purchase goods and services through a competitive reverse auction process that allows responses on specified goods or services electronically and adjustments to pricing during a specified time period. An award shall be made to the offeror determined to be the lowest responsible and responsive respondent at the close of the specified solicitation period.   Policies and procedures concerning this procurement methodology, including the criteria, and the evaluation process shall be developed by the central procurement office and approved by the procurement commission.   This section shall not apply to:  Construction services; or   Architectural or engineering services.
TN Code § 12-3-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 3 - Public Purchases|Part 6 - Cost Principles and Audits|§ 12-3-601. Cost or Pricing Data

  A contractor who makes a contract with the state under this chapter shall, except as provided in subsection (c), submit cost or pricing data, and shall certify that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the cost of pricing data submitted was accurate, complete, and current as of a mutually determined specified date prior to the date of:  The pricing of any contract awarded pursuant to sole source procurement authority pursuant to § 12-3-504, where the total contract price is expected to exceed an amount established by the procurement commission; or   The pricing of any change order or contract modification which is expected to exceed an amount established by the procurement commission.     Any contract, change order, or contract modification under which a certificate is required shall contain a provision that the price to the state, including profit or fee, shall be adjusted to exclude any significant sums by which the state finds that such price was increased because the contractor-furnished cost or pricing data was inaccurate, incomplete, or not current as of the date agreed upon between the parties.   The requirements of this section need not be applied to contracts when:  The contract price is based on adequate price competition;   The contract price is based on established catalogue prices or market prices;   Contract prices are set by law or regulation; or   It is determined in writing in accordance with regulations promulgated by the procurement commission that the requirements of this section may be waived, and the reasons for such waiver are stated in writing.