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Committee approves 19 state contracts, including Teltex, mobile PICK Tennessee store and newborn screening supplies
Summary
The Fiscal Review committee approved 19 vendor contracts across multiple agencies, including a $1.5 million Teltex sole‑source for relay services, a mobile PICK Tennessee retail contract, and sole‑source newborn screening supplies; members raised questions about Mesonet buildout and TDOC technology procurement.
The Fiscal Review committee approved 19 vendor contracts in a single session, voting by voice on agreements brought forward by multiple state agencies. Notable items included a three‑year, sole‑source contract with Teltex for the TDAP relay program with a stated maximum liability of $1,500,000; a contract with PTN Store LLC to outfit and operate a mobile PICK Tennessee Products retail tractor‑trailer; and multiple public‑health contracts for newborn screening reagents and rapid HIV/HCV tests.
Representatives from TennCare and the Department of Health presented several renewals and sole‑source agreements. TennCare’s chief financial officer Zane Seals said the proposed three‑year Stellar contract would have a $412,000 maximum liability and defended prior fraud‑prevention work, saying the agency has produced $48,000,000 in recurring reductions and $348,000,000 in cumulative savings over 12 years. Department of Health legislative liaison Mike Critchfield emphasized that sole‑source newborn screening contracts are essential for continuity of testing services that support roughly 85,000 births a year. The session concluded after a Department of Correction presentation and committee Q&A about a proposed intelligence center.
