§ 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.”
§ 12-3-1102. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Business owned by persons with disabilities” means a business owned by a person with a disability that is a continuing, independent, for-profit business that performs a commercially useful function, and is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned and controlled by one (1) or more persons […]
§ 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 […]
§ 12-3-1104. Active Solicitation of Bids and Proposals Required
All state agencies are required to actively solicit bids and proposals for equipment, supplies, personal services, professional services, consulting services, construction contracts, and architectural and engineering services from a minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business in order to strive to obtain a fair proportion of […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 subdivision shall adopt and incorporate in its procurement policies energy efficiency standards and life cycle costing employed by the state in its procurement policies.
§ 12-3-908. Action by Aggrieved Party to Void Executory Contract for Purchase of Commodities
Executory contracts for the purchase of commodities by a political subdivision included in this part shall be voidable by the circuit courts upon the bringing of an action by an aggrieved party. The court may void the contract upon the showing by the aggrieved party that: The party is a seller of the commodity; The […]
§ 12-3-909. Assistance in Development of Energy Efficiency Standards
The chief procurement officer shall provide technical assistance to aid in the development or implementation of energy efficiency standards for procurement policies to political subdivisions that request assistance.
§ 12-3-910. Cooperation Among State and Local Agencies
The appropriate state agencies shall cooperate and coordinate their efforts in the development and implementation of energy efficiency standards for procurement policies to the fullest extent possible with the Tennessee municipal league, the municipal technical advisory service, the county technical advisory service, the Tennessee county services association, and any other appropriate state or local agency […]
§ 12-3-911. Adoption of More Stringent Energy Efficiency Standards by Political Subdivisions
Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the adoption of an energy efficiency standard by a political subdivision when that standard has not been adopted by rules of the procurement commission, or where the standard proposed to be adopted by the political subdivision is more stringent than the standard adopted by the rules […]