Tennessee § 12-3-506 - Negotiation with vendors — General services administration price agreement.
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§ 12-3-506. Negotiation with vendors — General services administration price agreement.
In accordance with rules and regulations of the central procurement office approved by the procurement commission and adopted pursuant to title 4, chapter 56, and chapters 3 and 4 of this title, the chief procurement officer is authorized to negotiate with vendors who maintain a general services administration pricing agreement with the United States or any agency thereof; provided, that no contract executed under this section shall authorize a price higher than is contained in the contract between the general services administration and the affected vendor. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 25. 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 5, §§ 12-3-501 — 12-3-531 (Acts 1953, ch. 163, §§ 4-6, 27 (Williams, §§ 370.13-370.15, 370.36); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; Acts 1975, ch. 202, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-304-12 -308, 12-3-204 — 12-3-208 ; Acts 1981, ch. 94, §§ 1-4; 1981, ch. 332, §§ 2-6; 1987, ch. 337, § 19; 2005, ch. 166, § 1; 2010, ch. 1098, § 2; 2011, ch. 295, §§ 5, 19), concerning specification, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2013, ch. 403, §§ 20-34, effective July 1, 2013.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 § 12-3-207 were transferred to this section. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 83 provided that the act, which repealed and reenacted this part, shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on and after July 1, 2013.
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