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Call the Comptroller! Stop the Contract! #TNisNOTforSale

Share this out as wide as you can. Trouble is brewing for the contract, and we can help tip the scales in our favor. A majority of members of the House of Representatives and a near majority of Senators have signed a letter calling for a halt to the contract. Let's add more fuel to the fire!
 
Our fight continues!
 
* The comptroller's office should initiate an investigation of RFP 32110-17103, under T.C.A. 8-4-406, for improper activity. The amended RFP language (Section C.3.G) stipulates the “state shall be responsible for all sales and use taxes...,” in likely violation of T.C.A. 4-39-102. Secondly, the RFP ‘menu of services’ structure raises concerns about how responsibility for effective contract management, under T.C.A. 12-3-305, will be met. Lastly, the procurement process, which granted valuable access and data to private bidders but not to public agencies against which those bidders were to compete, violates the spirit of T.C.A. 4-51-126 and our obligation to foster a fair and competitive bidding process.  
 
** The comptroller's office should initiate an investigation of RFP 32110-17103, under T.C.A. 8-4-406, for wasteful activity. The Office of Customer Focused Government’s refusal to commission an audit of its ‘Business Justification for Outsourcing’ is unacceptable. Further, the inability of the Office of Customer Focused Government to offer any verified cost comparison between current public facilities services management and the proposed private contractor, or justify the proposed source of cost savings, is a breach of duty to steward the assets and monies of Tennessee in a responsible fashion.
 

*** The comptroller's office should decline approval of RFP 32110-17103, under T.C.A. 4-56-108. This contract’s economic impact, basis for cost savings, and legal implications have not been sufficiently examined. So far, 14 Senators and 48 Representatives, have signed a public letter calling for its halt, until it can be further examined and verified.