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TN Code § 12-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-101. Personal Interest of Officers Prohibited

   It is unlawful for any officer, committee member, director, or other person whose duty it is to vote for, let out, overlook, or in any manner to superintend any work or any contract in which any municipal corporation, county, state, development district, utility district, human resource agency, or other political subdivision created by statute shall or may be interested, to be directly interested in any such contract. “Directly interested” means any contract with the official personally or with any business in which the official is the sole proprietor, a partner, or the person having the controlling interest. “Controlling interest” includes the individual with the ownership or control of the largest number of outstanding shares owned by any single individual or corporation. This subdivision (a)(1) shall not be construed to prohibit any officer, committee person, director, or any person, other than a member of a local governing body of a county or municipality, from voting on the budget, appropriation resolution, or tax rate resolution, or amendments thereto, unless the vote is on a specific amendment to the budget or a specific appropriation or resolution in which such person is directly interested.    Subdivision (a)(1) shall also apply to a member of the board of directors of any not-for-profit corporation authorized by the laws of Tennessee to act for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more counties, cities, towns and local governments pursuant to title 7, chapter 54 or 58.   Subdivision (a)(2)(A) shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government and having a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.       It is unlawful for any officer, committee member, director, or other person whose duty it is to vote for, let out, overlook, or in any manner to superintend any work or any contract in which any municipal corporation, county, state, development district, utility district, human resource agency, or other political subdivision created by statute shall or may be interested, to be indirectly interested in any such contract unless the officer publicly acknowledges such officer's interest. “Indirectly interested” means any contract in which the officer is interested but not directly so, but includes contracts where the officer is directly interested but is the sole supplier of goods or services in a municipality or county.   This section shall apply to a member of the board of directors or officer of any nonprofit corporation required under § 8-44-102 to conduct all meetings of its governing body as open meetings.
TN Code § 12-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-102. Penalty for Unlawful Interest

 Should any person, acting as such officer, committee member, director, or other person referred to in § 12-4-101, be or become directly or unlawfully indirectly interested in any such contract, such person shall forfeit all pay and compensation therefor. Such officer shall be dismissed from such office the officer then occupies, and be ineligible for the same or a similar position for ten (10) years.
TN Code § 12-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-103. Bidding, Sale, or Offer for Sale by State Employees Prohibited

  It is hereby declared unlawful for any state official or employee to bid on, sell, or offer for sale, any merchandise, equipment or material, or similar commodity, to the state of Tennessee during the tenure of such official's or employee's office or employment, or for six (6) months thereafter, or to have any interest in the selling of the same to the state.   A person violating subsection (a) shall be liable to the state for any and all sums paid out by the state, together with interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, growing out of any such transaction.   A violation of subsection (a) is a Class E felony.
TN Code § 12-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-105. Grand Jury Investigations

 The judges of the circuit and criminal courts of the state shall give §§ 12-4-103 — 12-4-105 in charges to their respective grand juries, and the grand juries shall have inquisitorial powers to summon witnesses and to inquire into probable violations of those sections.
TN Code § 12-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-106. Prohibition Against Receiving Rebates, Gifts, Money or Anything of Value — Conflicts of Interest

  No officer or employee of the central procurement office, nor any member of the procurement commission, nor any head of any state department, institution or agency, nor any employee of any state department, institution or agency charged with the responsibility of initiating requisitions, shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation to whom any contract for the purchase of goods or services for the state may be awarded, by rebate, gifts, or otherwise, any money or anything of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation, or contract for future rewards or compensation.    It is a conflict of interest for any person or any company with whom such person is an officer, a director, or an equity owner having an ownership interest greater than one percent (1%) to bid on any public contract for goods or services for a governmental entity if such person or the immediate family member of such person is a member of a board or commission having responsibility for letting or approving such contract.   As used in this subsection (b):  “Governmental entity” means any state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education; and   “Immediate family” means spouse, dependent children or stepchildren, or relatives related by blood or marriage.
TN Code § 12-4-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-109. Preplanning of Capital Investment Projects Account

 There is hereby established an account to be known as the capital preplanning account, which shall be the funding source for the preplanning of all capital projects undertaken by the departments and agencies of the state. The account shall be reimbursed for the preplanning cost of a capital investment project from the appropriations allocated to that project. Any funds remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year and expended only for the purpose specified in this section.
TN Code § 12-4-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-110. Energy-Related Services

 Contracts by counties, cities, metropolitan governments, towns, utility districts and other municipal and public corporations of this state for energy-related services that include both engineering services and equipment, and have as their purpose the reduction of energy costs in public facilities, shall be awarded on the same basis as contracts for professional services.
TN Code § 12-4-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-111. Standard Prototype Design for Correctional Facilities

  For purposes of this part, “state standard prototype,” means a design on which a state correctional facility is based so that the design can be used by the state to construct similar buildings at different sites at a future time. The state building commission may designate state standard prototypes from design documents which were originally prepared for the exclusive use of the state. The state architect shall place the appropriate designation on a document which is determined to be a state standard prototype.   Prior to the reuse of documents for a project in which the original architect or engineer is not also involved, the state shall remove and obliterate from all documents the identification of the original architect or engineer, including name, address, professional seal or stamp, and signature. The architect or engineer who is involved in a state standard prototypical reuse project shall affix such architect's or engineer's seal or stamp to such design, and shall be solely responsible for all documents on which such architect's or engineer's seal or stamp is placed, and shall hold the original architect or engineer harmless from suits by third parties.   The original architect or engineer shall not be liable for injury or damage resulting from reuse of plans, designs, details, specifications or construction documents of a state standard prototype by the state or third parties, if the original architect or engineer is not also involved in the reuse project. It is the intent of this section that the architect or engineer who seals or stamps a prototype is legally responsible only for that set of documents on which such architect's or engineer's seal or stamp is placed.
TN Code § 12-4-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-112. State Agency Contract Guidelines

  As used in this section, “governmental entity” means any county, municipality, metropolitan government, town, utility district, or other municipal or public corporation of this state.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law or private act to the contrary, a governmental entity may enter into multi-year contracts for painting and other maintenance of water storage tanks and appurtenant facilities procured through a request for proposals process. The request for proposals process shall invite prospective proposers to participate and shall indicate the service requirements and the categories used for evaluating the proposals, together with the relative weight of each category. Such categories shall include such factors as qualifications, experience on similar projects, availability of workers, technical approach, minority participation, cost, and any additional factor or factors deemed relevant by the procuring governmental entity. Cost shall not be the sole criterion for evaluation. Proposers shall be given at least thirty (30) days from public advertisement of the request for proposals to consider the evaluation factors set forth in the solicitation documents before submitting proposals. The contract shall be awarded to the best proposer who meets the minimum required qualifications, using the evaluation criteria set forth in this subsection (b).   Any governmental entity may, at its option, require such multi-year contracts to be competitively bid.
TN Code § 12-4-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-113. Deadline for Addenda and Questions Concerning Bid Documents

  If a statute, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation mandates the use of competitive bidding of any kind or nature whatsoever, by any state agency, county or municipal corporation, then, notwithstanding such law, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, no addenda within less than forty-eight (48) hours of the bid opening date, excluding weekends and legal holidays designated in § 15-1-101, shall be permitted unless the bid deadline is extended for a reasonable time as determined by the purchasing agent, which shall not be less than forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and legal holidays designated in § 15-1-101, to allow for any necessary changes to the bid documents and to allow bidders to resubmit their bids accordingly.   Any questions concerning the bid documents must be received by the designer no less than ninety-six (96) hours before bid opening date.   This section shall not apply to the department of transportation contracts or any state or local agency contracts funded in whole or in part with state or federal highway funds.
TN Code § 12-4-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-114. No Conflict of Interest Allowed

   No public officer or employee who is involved in making or administering a contract on behalf of a public agency may derive a direct benefit from the contract except as provided in this section, or as otherwise allowed by law.   No public employee having official responsibility for a procurement transaction shall participate in that transaction on behalf of the public body when the employee knows that:  The employee is contemporaneously employed by a respondent to a solicitation or contractor involved in the procurement transaction;   The employee, the employee's spouse, or any member of the employee's immediate family holds a position with a respondent to a solicitation, a contractor involved in the procurement transaction, such as an officer, director, trustee, partner or the like, or is employed in a capacity involving personal and substantial participation in the procurement transaction, or owns or controls an interest of more than five percent (5%);   The employee, the employee's spouse, or any member of the employee's immediate family has a pecuniary interest arising from the procurement transaction; or   The employee, the employee's spouse, or any member of the employee's immediate family is negotiating, or has an arrangement concerning, prospective employment with a respondent to a solicitation or contractor involved in the procurement transaction.     A public officer or employee who will derive a direct benefit from a contract with the public agency the officer or employee serves, but who is not involved in making or administering the contract, shall not attempt to influence any other person who is involved in making or administering the contract.   No public officer or employee may solicit or receive any gift, reward, or promise of reward in exchange for recommending, influencing, or attempting to influence the award of a contract by the public agency the officer or employee serves.     As used in this section, “immediate family” means spouse, dependent children or stepchildren, or relatives related by blood or marriage.
TN Code § 12-4-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-115. “Organizational Conflicts of Interest” Defined — Policies and Procedures — Reporting

  As used in this section, “organizational conflicts of interest” may include any relationship or action between any party, including contractors and consultants, and the state or its agents making decisions to procure or contract that may:  Conflict with the state's best interest; or   Taint the procurement process or reputation of the state.     The central procurement office, state building commission and department of transportation shall establish policies and procedures to define and identify organizational conflicts of interest. The policies and procedures shall set forth methods, which may include avoidance, mitigation, or waiver, to deal with organizational conflicts of interest.   The policies and procedures shall provide that all determinations relating to specific organizational conflicts of interest be in writing. Such determinations shall periodically be reported to the speaker of the house of representatives, the speaker of the senate and to the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 12-4-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-116. Electronic Bidding

 Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, local governments may satisfy any requirement for mailing by distributing invitations to bid, requests for proposals and other solicitations electronically. In addition, local governments may receive bids, proposals, and other offers electronically. In order to assure the fullest possible participation of small businesses and minority-owned businesses, local governments shall not require such small businesses and minority-owned businesses to receive or respond to invitations to bid, requests for proposals, or other solicitations electronically.
TN Code § 12-4-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-4-117. Residency and Income Requirements for Employees Prohibited — Exception — Definitions

  Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, neither the state, its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities thereof, or any local government shall require a company bidding or contracting to provide services on a public construction project to employ individuals who reside within the jurisdiction of the state or local government or who are within a specific income range, unless otherwise required by federal law.   For purposes of this section:  “Local government” means any municipality or county, including a county with a metropolitan form of government; and   “Public construction project” means any construction project wherein state or local government funds may be appropriated or expended for the purpose of erecting, remodeling, altering, repairing, demolishing, or making any addition to any building; or any construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating, relocating, or repairing any street, highway, or bridge.
TN Code § 12-4-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-202. Failure to Require Bond

 If any public officer, whose duty it is to let or award contracts, lets or awards any contract without requiring bond for payment of labor and material, in compliance with § 12-4-201, such officer commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 12-4-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-203. Contractor Disclaiming Subcontractor's Liability

 In the event the contractor who has executed the bond gives notice, in writing, by return receipt registered mail, to any laborer or furnisher of material or to any such immediate or remote subcontractor that such contractor will not be responsible therefor, then such person who thereafter furnishes such material or labor shall not secure advantage of §§ 12-4-201 — 12-4-206, for materials furnished or labor done after the receipt of such notice.
TN Code § 12-4-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-204. Action on Bond by Laborer or Furnisher of Labor or Material to the Contractor

 Any laborer or furnisher of labor or material to the contractor, or to any immediate or remote subcontractor under the contractor, may bring an action on the bond, and have recovery in such laborer's or furnisher's own name, upon giving security, or taking the oath prescribed for poor persons as provided by law; but in the event of such suit, the city, county, or state shall not be liable for any costs accruing thereunder.
TN Code § 12-4-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-205. Notice of Claim

 Such furnisher of labor or material, or such laborer, to secure the advantage of §§ 12-4-201 — 12-4-206, shall, after such labor or material is furnished, or such labor is done, and within ninety (90) days after the completion of such public work, give written notice by return receipt certified mail, or by personal delivery, either to the contractor who executed the bond, or to the public official who had charge of the letting or awarding of the contract; such written notice to set forth the nature, an itemized account of the material furnished or labor done, and the balance due therefor; and a description of the property improved. In the case of public work undertaken by a municipality, or any of its commissions, notice, or statement herein required, so mailed or delivered to the mayor thereof, shall be deemed sufficient. In the case of public work by any county or any of its commissions, notice or statement herein required, so mailed, or delivered to the county mayor of such county, shall be deemed sufficient. In the case of public work by the state, or any of its commissions, notice and statement herein required, so mailed, or delivered to the governor, shall be deemed sufficient.
TN Code § 12-4-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-206. Joinder of Parties — Limitation of Actions

 Several persons entitled may join in one (1) suit on such bond, or one (1) of them may file a bill in equity in behalf of all such, who may, upon execution of a bond for costs, by petition assert their rights in the proceeding; provided, that action shall be brought or claims so filed within six (6) months following the completion of such public work, or of the furnishing of such labor or materials.   Code 1932, § 7959; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-422.