Tennessee Code Title 12. Public Property, Printing and Contracts § 12-3-1104

(a)(1) All state agencies are required to actively solicit bids and proposals for equipment, supplies, personal services, professional services, consulting services, construction contracts, and architectural and engineering services from a minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business in order to strive to obtain a fair proportion of procurements from any minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business.

(2) The amount of fair proportion shall be recommended annually by the governor's office of diversity business enterprises to the procurement commission for its review and approval. In annually determining the amount of fair proportion, the procurement commission shall establish, based on the recommendation of the governor's office of diversity business enterprises, a separate amount of fair proportion for each of the five (5) subcategories of businesses identified in § 12-3-1102: minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and small businesses. Nothing in this part establishes any mandatory goal or quota with respect to minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, or small businesses.