Tennessee Code 12-3-502 – Solicitations – Responses – Rejection of responses – Correction or withdrawal of responses – Cancellation of awards or contracts – Filing of notices of intent to award – Procurement and performance bonds or other security
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-3-502
- Central procurement office: means the government agency established in §. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Chief procurement officer: means the person holding the position established in §. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means any duly authorized and legally binding written agreement for the procurement of goods and services. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring of any goods or services. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Procurement commission: means the state procurement commission, as established in §. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Procurement file: means the record of a solicitation, as set forth in the policies and procedures of the central procurement office and the procurement commission, and includes a copy of the following records:
(1) All evaluated technical proposals, cost proposals, and evaluation sheets. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201 - Respondent: includes a "bidder" or "proposer" that is a natural person or legal entity that has properly registered as required by the state. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Response: means a written response to a solicitation for goods and services. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- Solicitation: means any type of document that invites responses and may include, by way of example, an "invitation to bid" a "request for proposal" or a "competitive negotiation". See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105