Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-22-414

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the TRICOR board, within the principles of free enterprise, and for the purpose of carrying out its legislative intent as stated in subsection (a), is specifically authorized to sell, as surplus property, TRICOR equipment and TRICOR raw materials which have been determined by TRICOR to be obsolete, outmoded, or no longer useable by TRICOR. Such surplus property sales may be made to businesses, government or nonprofit organizations or by auction to the public. The TRICOR board may obtain the advice and assistance of the chief procurement officer and, in circumstances which are advantageous for the timely disposal of such surplus property, is encouraged to dispose of it through the procurement office under title 12, chapter 2.