Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-3-1213

  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring of any goods or services. 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

Where any local or private act, charter, or general law requires that a local governmental unit purchase by competitive procurement method, the local governmental unit may, notwithstanding the local or private act, charter, or general law, purchase, without public advertisement or competitive soliciting, under contracts or price agreements entered into by the state building commission.