Title 12, Public Property, Printing And Contracts

The commission or any employee of any highway contractor or subcontractor whose wages are determined pursuant to this part may maintain an action against any highway contractor or subcontractor for the breach of any condition of any performance bond given under this part, and, in…

The commission may delegate administrative responsibilities conferred hereunder to the department of labor and workforce development.

All records and documentation provided for in this part, other than payroll records, shall be made available for public inspection by the commission and the department of labor and workforce development during normal business hours.

The commission may promulgate such rules and regulations, neither inconsistent nor contradictory with this part, which it deems necessary to effectuate this part.

This part shall be known as the “State Construction Projects Liability Act of 1977.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Acceptance” means notification by an authorized officer or employee of the state that the work completed has been in accordance with the terms and conditions of the state contract;(2) “State” means the state of …

Upon acceptance by the state of a state contractor's work, provided that such state contractor's work is done in accordance with the plans and specifications, such state contractor is discharged from all liability to any party by reason of its lack of ordinary care in the perform…

As used in this part, “other state entities” includes counties, cities, municipalities, and any other political subdivision of this state.

(a) “Employment on any contract” means to perform services or provide materials to the state or subcontract to perform such services or provide such materials. (b) It is unlawful for the following persons and business organizations to solicit employment on any contract let by the…

It is the responsibility of the attorney general and reporter to timely notify those state departments, agencies and other entities involved in letting or funding state or other state entity contracts of those persons and business organizations ineligible to solicit employment on…

An intentional violation of this part is a Class E felony.

No person or business organization shall be prohibited by this part from soliciting employment on any contract let by the state or by other state entities or any contract funded wholly or in part by the state or by other state entities due to a conviction resulting from activitie…

The attorney general and reporter and the district attorneys general in their respective districts have the authority to grant exemptions from the prohibitions on soliciting employment on certain contracts enumerated herein to persons giving information to such officials in a cri…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Prompt Pay Act of 1985.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Acquire” means to derive a benefit from, whether by lease, grant, expenditure, or otherwise;(2) “Agency” means any entity of the state government, as defined in § 4-5-102;(3) “Business” means a business organiza…

An agency which acquires property or services pursuant to a contract with a business shall pay for each complete delivered item of property or service in accordance with the contract between the business and agency or, if no date or other provision for payment is specified by con…

(a) Interest shall accrue and be charged on payments overdue under § 12-4-703 at one and one-half percent (1½%) per month beginning on the day after payment is due. (b) Interest which is unpaid at the end of each sixty-day period or at the end of any specified period provided by …

An agency may not seek additional appropriations to pay interest which accrues as a result of its failure to make timely payments required by § 12-4-703.

This part is not applicable if an agency's failure to pay timely interest required by § 12-4-704 is the result of a dispute between the agency and the business over the amount due or over compliance with the contract.

(a) Upon payment by an agency, a business which has acquired under contract, property or services in connection with its contract with such agency from a subcontractor or supplier shall pay the subcontractor or supplier within thirty (30) days after receiving payment from the age…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Public construction project” means and includes a public works project as defined in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21;(2) “Responsible bidder” means a person w…

Whenever the lowest responsible and responsive bidder on a public construction project in this state is a resident of another state which is contiguous to Tennessee and which allows a preference to a resident contractor of that state, a like reciprocal preference is allowed to th…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Freedom in Contracting Act.”

The purpose of this part is to prohibit public agencies from imposing certain labor and wage requirements as a condition of performing public works that are state funded in part or in whole.

(1) The state and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities thereof, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts to be funded in part or in whole with state funds, shall ensure that no bid specifications, project agreements and other contr…

(a) The state and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities thereof shall not issue grants or enter into cooperative agreements for construction projects conditioned on a requirement that bid specifications, project agreements or other controlling documents perta…

Any interested party, including a bidder, offeror, contractor, subcontractor, or taxpayer, shall have standing to challenge any bid specification, project agreement, controlling document, grant or cooperative agreement that such party alleges has violated this part. Such party sh…

If compliance with this part by the state and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, relative to a specific contract, project, or program would result in the denial of federal funds that would otherwise be available to the state and its political subdivisions…

For purposes of this part, Tennessee occupational wages report means the applicable report that is published by the department of labor and workforce development, employment security division.