Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 12 > Chapter 3 > Part 8 - Tennessee Minority-Owned, Women-Owned and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act

• 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
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of correction. See Tennessee Code 41-24-102
• 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
• contractor: means any entity entering a contractual agreement with the commissioner to provide correctional services to inmates under the custody of the department. See Tennessee Code 41-24-102
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Data: means any recorded information, regardless of its form or characteristic. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
• Department: means the department of correction. See Tennessee Code 41-24-102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• facility: means any adult institution operated by or under the authority of the department. See Tennessee Code 41-24-102
• Goods: means all personal property, including, but not limited to, supplies, equipment, materials, printing, and insurance. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Political subdivision: means any authority, city, town, municipality, county or instrumentality of any authority, city, town, municipality or county within the state. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
• 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
• Proprietary: means a good or service that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor, maker or service provider that is protected under trade secret, patent, trademark, or copyright law. 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
• Services: means all services and agreements obligating the state, except services for highway and road improvements governed by title 54 and design and construction services governed by title 4, chapter 15. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
• Specification: includes , as appropriate, requirements for inspecting, testing, or preparing a supply, service, or construction item for delivery. 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
• State agency: means any state governmental entity, other than the central procurement office and those state entities exempted by §. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105