2012 Tennessee Code
Title 12 - Public Property, Printing And Contracts
Chapter 3 - Public Purchases
Part 5 - Specifications
§ 12-3-531 - Standard specifications for lubricating motor oil -- Authorized purchases -- List of businesses distributing re-refined or recycled oil.

(a) Standard specifications adopted for lubricating motor oil for competitive bidding contracts to be let by the department of general services, or by the appropriate purchasing agencies for any political subdivision of the state, shall be prescribed to include re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil. Such specifications may exclude re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil for circumstances or equipment which require specialized treatment, upon submission of documented evidence to the procurement commission or the appropriate purchasing agency of the political subdivision to substantiate each such claim for exclusion.

(b) Standard specifications adopted for lubricating motor oil for competitive bidding contracts to be let by any department, institution, or agency of state government enumerated in § 12-3-103, or by any political subdivision of the state, shall be prescribed to include re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil. Such specifications may exclude re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil for circumstances or equipment which requires specialized treatment, upon submission of documented evidence to the appropriate departmental, institutional or agency head to substantiate each such claim for exclusion. The requirements of this section shall not be construed to prohibit such department, institution, or agency from purchasing and contracting for the purchase of such re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil through the department of general services as authorized in § 12-3-103, or through the appropriate local purchasing agency.

(c) Any not-for-profit corporation receiving funding from the state or contracting with any department, institution, or agency of state government or political subdivision of the state to provide services to the public, shall be authorized to purchase and contract for the purchase of such re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil as provided in this section through the department of general services under this chapter or through the appropriate local purchasing agency.

(d) (1) The department of general services shall compile and publish a list of business entities which commercially distribute re-refined or recycled lubricating motor oil which complies with the standard specifications adopted by the department pursuant to this section. The department shall make such list available to the various entities and political subdivisions of state government. The department shall mail such list to the chief executive of each county and each municipality.

(2) Prior to accepting competitive bids for a contract concerning lubricating motor oil, a county or municipality shall notify each business entity on the department's list of relevant facts concerning such proposed contract.