Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-3-1213: Local governments authority to contract - Contract agreements entered by state building commission

Where any local or private act, charter, or general law requires that a local governmental unit purchase by competitive procurement method, the local governmental unit may, notwithstanding the local or private act, charter, or general law, purchase, without public advertisement or competitive soliciting, under contracts or price agreements entered into by the state building commission.