Tennessee Code 12-3-506 – Negotiation with vendors – General services administration price agreement
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-3-506
- 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
- 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
- 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
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Vendor: means a natural person or legal entity that has been established by the department of finance and administration's division of accounts as a vendor through proper authority for which payment may be made by the state. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
In accordance with rules and regulations of the central procurement office approved by the procurement commission and adopted pursuant to title 4, chapter 56, and chapters 3 and 4 of this title, the chief procurement officer is authorized to negotiate with vendors who maintain a general services administration pricing agreement with the United States or any agency thereof; provided, that no contract executed under this section shall authorize a price higher than is contained in the contract between the general services administration and the affected vendor.