Section 0690-03-01-.20 - STATE AGENCY CERTIFICATION(1) The head of any State Agency contracting with a Contracting Party that is not an entity of the State shall determine and indicate, by signing the contract or authorizing the issuance of a purchase order:(a) The goods or services are in fact needed;(b) The goods or services cannot be satisfactorily or efficiently provided by the State;(c) Funds have been appropriated to meet the resulting financial obligations of the State for the goods or services, and the Procuring Agency has a sufficient balance of funds available in its budget, not otherwise obligated, encumbered, or committed, to meet the obligation; and(d) The Contracting Party has the legal capacity to enter into a contract with the State and doing so will not contravene applicable State or federal law.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0690-03-01-.20
Original rule filed October 22, 2013; effective January 20, 2014.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-56-102, 4-56-105, and 12-3-511.