(a)Creation of Committee.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-56-103

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Committee: means the state protest committee, which replaces the board of standards protest authority within former §. See Tennessee Code 4-56-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any goods or services. See Tennessee Code 4-56-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Services: means all services and agreements obligating the state, except services for highway and road improvements, which are governed by title 54, and designer and construction services, which are governed under chapter 15 of this title. See Tennessee Code 4-56-101
  • 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
(1) There is created a state protest committee, which shall consist of the commissioners of general services and finance and administration, and the treasurer.
(2) The committee shall adopt procedures governing its operations. The chief procurement officer shall keep a permanent and accurate record of the documents submitted to the committee regarding protests of solicitations. The commissioner of finance and administration shall keep a permanent and accurate record of the minutes, procedures, and proceedings of the committee.
(3) If a member is not available to hear a scheduled protest, the member is authorized to appoint a designee to hear the scheduled protest on the member’s behalf.
(b)Appeals to Committee.

(1) The committee is authorized to act on any appeal of the chief procurement officer’s decision of a protest.
(2) Any committee member whose department is the requestor of a procurement or the resulting contract may not hear the protest.
(3) The chief procurement officer shall provide the minutes of the protest proceedings to each committee member and to the comptroller of the treasury and shall post the final determination within fifteen (15) business days to the single public procurement website.
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