Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 12 > Chapter 3 > Part 6 - Life Cycle Cost and Procurement Act of 1978

• 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
• Correctional services: means the following functions, services and activities, when provided within a prison or otherwise:
  (A) Education, training and jobs programs. See Tennessee Code 41-24-102
• 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
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• 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