Unless otherwise authorized by law, state contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed solicitations by the central procurement office in the manner set forth in § 12-3-502, except as provided in § 12-3-401 and §§ 12-3-503 - 12-3-508.Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 403,s 20, eff. 7/1/2013.Acts 1953, ch. 163, § 4 (Williams, § 370.13); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-304, 12-3-204; Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 2; 2010, ch. 1098, § 2; 2011, ch. 295, §§ 5, 19.
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