Professional Service
Contracting Manual
Public Information
State Agency Professional Service Contracting Authority |
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A state agency's authority to contract for professional services is subject to compliance with the the following requirements (agency compliance documentation is published at the hyperlinks in the table below). Signature Certifications/Authorization. Each state agency must file, with and in a form acceptable to the procurement oversight authority, documentation detailing the actual signature of the head of the agency and the agency head's signature as written by any other persons authorized to sign service contracting documents on behalf of the agency head. Further, policy requires that each state agency head must submit a completed Signature Certification and Authorization (using the format detailed in the service contracting models published at http://tn.gov/generalserv/cpo/sourcing/model.html) for each calendar year for which the authorization shall be applicable. Service Contracting Coordinator Designation. Professional Service Contracting Policy .02d provides that, "Each state agency head must designate a Service Contracting Coordinator... responsible for all of her/his agency's service procurements, contracts and delegated authorities." Contract Management Plan. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-4-109(d), and associated regulations, require that each state agency establish an Annual Contract Management Plan addressing the general management of service contracts for which it is responsible. |