HB1789 - Tennessee - Purchasing

Companion Bill SB1722. Purchasing - Establishes guidelines allowing municipalities and governmental utility boards to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services instead of competitive sealed bids under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for HB1789 / *SB1722 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB1789 / *SB1722 This bill authorizes a municipality to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services rather than competitive sealed bids when the purchasing agent, acting under the restrictions and requirements of this bill and a procurement code adopted by the municipality's governing body, determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the municipality. The procurement code must provide that competitive sealed proposals [...]

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