§ 4-56-104. Procurement Office — Creation — Chief Procurement Officer — Personnel — Contracts and Contract Rights and Responsibilities — Adoption of Operational Procedures
There is created a procurement office headed by the chief procurement officer in such department as the governor shall designate, after consulting with the comptroller of the treasury, which shall take effect as provided in subsection (b). Effective July 1, 2011, the governor shall appoint the chief procurement officer, who shall be a person: Qualified […]
§ 4-56-105. Powers and Duties of Chief Procurement Officer
The chief procurement officer has the power and duty to: Effective January 1, 2012, establish a single, public procurement website that includes how to do business with the state; registration for bidders; posting of all procurements in process and related status to award; and a database of established contracts by state agencies, departments and institutions; […]
§ 4-56-106. Advisory Council on State Procurement — Creation
Effective November 1, 2011, there is created an advisory council on state procurement. There shall be five (5) voting members of the council. There shall be seven (7) nonvoting members of the council representing the proposer and vendor community and other procurement professionals. All members shall have a demonstrable working knowledge of the state procurement […]
§ 4-56-107. Requests for Noncompetitive Contracts to Fiscal Review Committee — Review by the Fiscal Review Committee — Exceptions to Requests — Reports
All requests of the procuring agency to procure goods or services by negotiation with a single service provider, referred to in this section as a noncompetitive contract, shall be contemporaneously filed with the fiscal review committee of the general assembly, comptroller of the treasury and the chief procurement officer. Such requests shall document the following: […]
§ 4-56-108. Review and Approval by the Comptroller of the Treasury — Examination of Documents— Documentation of the Cancellation of Procurements or Rejection of All Responses to a Procurement — Protests — Executed Documents — Posting of Reports
The comptroller of the treasury shall review and approve such procurements, contracts, grants, and other related documents prior to the public posting on the single procurement website of such procurements; after posting any amendments thereto; after recommendation for award; and prior to execution of the contract as applicable for the following: Delegation of procurement or […]
§ 4-56-109. Vendor Indictment of Antitrust Act — Notice — Fine — Contract Termination
As used in this section, “vendor” means a legal entity that: Is currently under contract with a department or agency of this state; Bids on a contract with a department or agency of this state; or Attempts to amend a current contract with a department or agency of this state. If a vendor is indicted […]
§ 4-54-106. Firearm Must Be Clearly Stamped With Words “Made in Tennessee”
A firearm manufactured or sold in this state under this chapter must have the words “Made in Tennessee” clearly stamped on a central metallic part, such as the receiver or frame.
§ 4-55-101. Creation — Composition — Governance — Attachment to Department of State — Meetings
There is created, as an independent entity of state government, the bureau of ethics and campaign finance, referred to in this chapter as the “bureau.” The bureau shall be composed of two (2) divisions as follows: The Tennessee registry of election finance, established by title 2, chapter 10, part 2; and The Tennessee ethics commission, […]
§ 4-55-102. Employees of the Bureau
The board of directors of the bureau of ethics and campaign finance shall appoint a full-time executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Other employees of the bureau shall be employed on recommendation of the executive director with the approval of the board. The executive director and all other […]
§ 4-55-103. Duties of the Bureau
The bureau of ethics and campaign finance shall: Promulgate such rules and regulations, pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title, as are necessary to implement title 2, chapter 10; title 3, chapter 6; title 8, chapter 17; and title 8, chapter 50, part 5; provided, however, that all […]