12-3-806 - Delegation of purchase authority Intent.
12-3-806. Delegation of purchase authority Intent.
(a) The commissioner has the power, subject to regulation of the board of standards, to authorize any or all state departments, institutions, or agencies to purchase all or any specific types and classes of commodities or services, without following the procedures relating to the requisitioning of such commodities through the department.
(b) It is intended that delegation of purchase authority may be made by agency, by type of commodity or service, by dollar amount of purchase, or by any combination thereof, in order to reduce the purchase time required and to increase the amount of purchases made from minority owned, woman owned and small businesses.
[Acts 1980, ch. 888, § 8; T.C.A., § 12-3-606; Acts 1988, ch. 818, § 6; 2004, ch. 569, § 1.]