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United States — Tennessee
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The chief procurement officer may negotiate with certain vendors, but any contract under this section cannot set a price higher than the vendor’s existing GSA contract price.
United States — Tennessee
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A contract may be entered into by competitive negotiation if the chief procurement officer decides it is in the state’s best interest, and the negotiation is approved as required.
United States — Tennessee
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The central procurement office must buy or contract for certain utility and communications services when a public rate has been set, following its approved rules and the chief procurement officer’s best-interest judgment.
United States — Tennessee
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A state agency’s receiving agent must certify that received goods or services match what was ordered, and the certification must go with the payment voucher.
United States — Tennessee
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Procurement records of the department and procurement commission must be open to the public.
United States — Tennessee
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The central procurement office may not process state agency requisitions unless it first confirms that funds are available.
United States — Tennessee
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The central procurement office and public institutions of higher education may take part in cooperative purchasing agreements for goods or services with other states or local governments, if the participants have an agreement. Those purchases must be awarded through full and open competition.
United States — Tennessee
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The central procurement office may use a competitive reverse auction to buy goods and services, but the section does not apply to construction or architectural/engineering services.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain respondents may protest a procurement to the chief procurement officer, but the protest must be timely and filed in writing with a protest bond unless an exemption applies.
United States — Tennessee
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A contractor on a state contract must submit cost or pricing data and certify that it is accurate, complete, and current, unless an exception applies.
United States — Tennessee
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The state may inspect and audit certain contractor and subcontractor facilities, books, and records, and covered parties must keep related records for 3 years.
United States — Tennessee
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The chief procurement officer must propose cost-principle regulations for approval by the procurement commission.
United States — Tennessee
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The chief procurement officer may approve contract liability limits, but contracts generally cannot cap liability below two times the contract’s maximum liability, estimated liability, or revenue unless authorized.
United States — Tennessee
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Procurement specifications and scopes of work should, whenever possible, be written to allow open and competitive bidding, and proprietary specifications must follow central procurement office rules approved by the procurement commission.
United States — Tennessee
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State agencies must send recommended specifications for needed goods and services to the chief procurement officer, who must review and may approve or modify them under procurement commission policy and criteria.
United States — Tennessee
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After standard specifications are approved and adopted, later changes may be made under central procurement office rules or policy approved by the procurement commission.
United States — Tennessee
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The chief procurement officer must use standard specifications when practicable.
United States — Tennessee
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If a state department, institution, or agency requisitions goods or services without an approved standard specification, the requisition must include a recommended specification.
United States — Tennessee
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The chief procurement officer must issue a biennial report on remanufactured office goods and, when advantageous, ensure state purchasing specifications allow them to be bought.
United States — Tennessee
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The section requires most public motor-oil purchasing specifications to include re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil, with a specialized-treatment exclusion process.