12-3-206 - Emergency purchases. - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-206. Emergency purchases.

The commissioner is authorized to purchase for any department, institution, or agency of the state government in the open market specific supplies, materials, and equipment for immediate delivery to meet emergencies, arising from any unforeseen cause, including, but not limited to, delays by contractors, delays in transportation, unanticipated volume of work, and acts of God. The authority to so purchase may be delegated by the commissioner to any department, institution, or agency of state government; provided, that a report on the circumstances of any such emergency and the activities of such department, institution, or agency thereunder shall be transmitted in writing as soon as possible by such department, institution, or agency to the commissioner, which report shall set forth the prices at which such commodities were purchased and the total amount of the purchase thereof, and the commissioner shall keep the same on file in the permanent records of the commissioner's office. All emergency purchases shall, if practicable, be made on the basis of competitive bids.

[Acts 1987, ch. 337, § 7.]