12-3-202 - Competitive sealed bidding Required Exceptions. - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-202. Competitive sealed bidding Required Exceptions.

Unless otherwise authorized by law, state contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department pursuant to § 12-3-203, except as provided in:

     (1)  § 12-3-204. Informal purchases (including bidding by telephone);

     (2)  § 12-3-205. Sole source purchases (including noncompetitive negotiation);

     (3)  § 12-3-206. Emergency purchases;

     (4)  § 12-3-207. Negotiation with vendors who maintain a general services administration price agreement;

     (5)  § 12-3-208. Competitive negotiation;

     (6)  § 12-3-209. Purchase of utilities and services for which a rate has been established by public authority; and

     (7)  § 12-3-210. Small purchases and delegated purchases.

[Acts 1987, ch. 337, § 3.]