Votes at a glance: committee approves multiple agency contracts and amendments

The committee approved a series of agency contracts and amendments across multiple departments. Most approvals were by voice vote after brief presentations by department liaisons. Key items approved at the hearing (items are committee agenda numbers when stated):

- Item 1 — Department of Revenue: New three‑year sole‑source contract with FAST Enterprises, maximum liability $30,600,000 (discussed separately; see full article). - Item 2 — Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Amendment to Policy and Research LLC contract to extend term 16 months; no increase to maximum liability (contract originally procured April 2022). Approved. - Item 3 — Department of Environment and Conservation: Three‑year sole‑source contract with TimeLooper Inc., $500,000 for augmented reality content (Access 2030 initiative). Approved. - Item 4 — Department of Transportation: Exercise of one‑year renewal option for Claims Management Resources (originally competitively procured); added contract language clarifying use and maintenance of crash data. Approved. - Item 5 — Department of Health: Amendment with Oxbow Data Management Systems LLC to add funds and renewal language for the Medit data system used by the Tennessee Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Approved. - TennCare items — Multiple amendments with Deloitte Consulting and other vendors to exercise renewal options and increase maximum liabilities for IT and modernization support; specific liabilities were described in committee materials and approved by voice vote. - Department of Commerce & Insurance: Amendment to competitively procured contract with Scripps Media to exercise a one‑year renewal option and increase maximum liability for investor education video production; approved. - Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB): Amendment to Virtual Academy contract to purchase 1,000 licenses at $239 each for a telecommunicator certification course; state to cover cost using 9‑1‑1 fees; approved. - Economic & Community Development / Horn LLP: Amendment adding $4,000,000 for administration of approximately $85,000,000 in federal highway disaster recovery funds for Northeast Tennessee; approved. - Department of Education: Several federally funded contracts approved including the Council for Professional Recognition (CDA credential materials and fees, maximum liability $55,555,230), LRP Publications ($430,640) and Teachstone Inc. ($635,650). Approved. - Department of Children’s Services: Multiple Youth Villages contracts and amendments were approved (items 15–23); details and extended discussion are covered in the separate article on Children’s Services. - Department of Agriculture: Three‑year sole‑source diagnostic laboratory contract (vendor name unclear in transcript); approved. - Department of Human Services: Amendments including a DNA diagnostics contract (child support genetic testing), an EBT fraud navigator module with FIS and an after‑hours answering service (Calls Plus). Approved.

Most approvals were by voice vote and presenters confirmed the contracts had been either competitively procured, sole‑sourced with justification, or were existing competitively procured agreements with exercised renewal options. Several presenters confirmed contracts had already begun under committee waivers in time‑sensitive cases; committees retained authority to amend or reject as allowed under standard contract language. Members frequently requested additional documentation for sole‑source justifications, details on liabilities and funding sources, and follow‑up metrics for programmatic contracts.

Detailed materials and vote outcomes for each agenda item are available from committee staff.