TCA § 12-3-807 — Standard specifications for lubricating motor oil — Authorized purchases — List of businesses distributing re-refined or recycled oil

Standard specifications adopted for lubricating motor oil for competitive solicitations to be let by the central procurement office, or by the appropriate purchasing agencies for any political subdivision of the state, shall be prescribed to include re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil. Such specifications may exclude re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil for circumstances or equipment that require specialized treatment, upon submission of documented evidence to the procurement commission or the appropriate purchasing agency of the political subdivision to substantiate each such claim for exclusion. Standard specifications adopted for lubricating motor oil for competitive solicitations to be let by any state agency or by any political subdivision of the state, shall be prescribed to include re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil. Such specifications may exclude re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil for circumstances or equipment that require specialized treatment, upon submission of documented evidence to the appropriate departmental, institutional or agency head to substantiate each such claim for exclusion. The requirements of this section shall not be construed to prohibit such state agency from purchasing and contracting for the purchase of such re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil through the central procurement office or through the appropriate local purchasing agency. Any nonprofit corporation receiving funding from the state or contracting with any department, institution, or agency of state government or political subdivision of the state to provide services to the public, shall be authorized to purchase and contract for the purchase of such re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil as provided in this section through the central procurement office under this chapter or through the appropriate local purchasing agency. The central procurement office shall compile and publish a list of business entities that commercially distribute re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil that complies with the standard specifications adopted by the central procurement office pursuant to this section. The central procurement office shall make such list available to the various entities and political subdivisions of state government. The central procurement office shall mail such list to the chief executive of each county and each municipality. Prior to accepting competitive responses for a contract concerning lubricating motor oil, a county or municipality shall notify each business entity on the central procurement office's list of relevant facts concerning such proposed contract.