HB0135 - Tennessee: Finance And Administration, Dept. Of, General Services, Dept. Of, Purchasing

Companion Bill SB0229. Purchasing - Creates additional exception to competitive bidding for purchases made on established catalogue price; authorizes participation in multi-state cooperative purchasing arrangements; authorizes utilization of certain techniques in the procurement of state services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 12, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB0135 / SB0229Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0135 / SB0229 Generally, present law requires that state contracts be awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department of general services, but there are exceptions for sole source purchases, emergency purchases, negotiations with vendors who maintain a general services administration price agreement, competitive negotiations, purchase of utilities and services for which a rate has [...]

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