§ 4.04.020. Application of this code.

A.

General Application. This code applies only to contracts solicited or entered into after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title unless the parties agree to its application to a contract solicited or entered into prior to the effective date.

B.

Application to Metropolitan Government Procurements. Except as provided in subsection C hereof, this code shall apply to the procurement and disposal of all necessary and appropriate supplies, materials, equipment, other personal property, contractual services, insurance and surety bonds for the use of the Metropolitan Government and its departments, boards, commissions, officers and agencies. Nothing in this code or in regulations promulgated hereunder shall prevent any entity of Metropolitan Government from complying with the terms and conditions of any grant, gift, bequest or cooperative agreement. where otherwise authorized by law.

C.

Exempted Boards and Agencies. The following agencies of metropolitan government are exempted from compliance with this code:

1.

The electric power board;

2.

The metropolitan development and housing agency;

3.

The metropolitan board of public education;

4.

The metropolitan transit authority;

5.

The hospital authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; and

6.

The metropolitan department of law shall be exempt from the requirements of this code in the acquisition of expert witness, consultant, additional counsel, court reporter, and other services required in litigation or other legal representation of the metropolitan government.

D.

Exempt Agencies May Request Assistance. Any of the administrative departments, boards or commissions of the metropolitan government which are excluded from the purchasing procedures established by the Metropolitan Charter of this code, or which may hereafter be so excluded, may request the purchasing agent, as agent for such administrative department, board or commission, to perform the purchasing functions prescribed by the Metropolitan Charter or this code on behalf of such administrative department, board or commission; provided, that such request be made in writing by the director of such administrative department and approved by the mayor, or, if a board or commission, by resolution of such board or commission approved by the mayor. A copy of all such requests and resolutions, when approved by the mayor, shall be delivered to the purchasing agent as his authority to act as purchasing agent for the administrative board or commission, and a copy of such request, as approved by the mayor, shall be filed with the metropolitan clerk.

(Ord. 99-1528 § 1, 1999; Ord. 92-210 § 1 (1-102), 1992)