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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 4 - State Government » Chapter 56 - Procurement

§ 4-56-101. Chapter Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Commission” means the state procurement commission, which replaces the board of standards within former title 12, chapter 3, part 4; “Committee” means the state protest committee, which replaces the board of standards protest authority within former § 12-3-214 [repealed] and the review committee within former […]

§ 4-56-102. Procurement Commission — Creation

There is created a procurement commission, which shall consist of the commissioners of general services and finance and administration, and the comptroller of the treasury. The chief procurement officer shall serve as a nonvoting member. The commission shall adopt a procedure governing its proceedings, and the chief procurement officer shall keep a permanent and accurate […]

§ 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 […]