Tennessee § 12-3-802 - Adoption and application of standard specifications and scopes of work.
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§ 12-3-802. Adoption and application of standard specifications and scopes of work.
It is the duty of all state agencies to furnish to the chief procurement officer recommended specifications for all goods and services required and to be required by such state agencies. It is the duty of the chief procurement officer to canvas the recommended specifications and either approve or modify the standard specifications and scopes of work so recommended, subject to the policy and criteria of the procurement commission. All standard specifications and scopes of work shall remain on file in the central procurement office and shall be posted on the central procurement office's website. Each standard specification adopted for any good or service shall fit, insofar as possible, the requirements of the majority of the state agencies that use the same. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 42. Compiler's Notes. For the disposition of sections in title 12, ch. 3, as amended by Acts 2013, ch. 403, effective July 1, 2013, please see the table of disposition in § 12-3-101 . Former title 12, ch. 3, part 8, §§ 12-3-801 — 12-3-813 , was transferred to part 11 by Acts 2013, ch. 403, §§ 64-67, effective July 1, 2013. Former title 12, chs. 3 and 4 were recodified by Acts 2013, ch. 403, effective July 1, 2013. In the recodification, some provisions similar to former § 12-3-501 were transferred to this section. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 83 provided that the act, which transferred former title 12, ch. 3, part 8 to title 12, ch. 3, part 11 and enacted this part, shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on and after July 1, 2013.
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