Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing materials, labor, and services used for maintenance, operations, component replacement, or repairs of existing facilities and grounds owned or operated by a local education agency or by a local government agency. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.

SB 509 amends Tennessee law to allow local governments, school districts, and other public agencies to jointly purchase materials, labor, and services for maintaining, operating, repairing, or replacing existing facilities and grounds. It specifically removes an exclusion that previously prevented such cooperative agreements for routine maintenance and repairs of school or government properties. The bill expands existing cooperative purchasing rules by clarifying that items used for upkeep (like repairs to buildings or grounds) are now eligible under these agreements. This directly affects local education agencies (school districts) and municipal governments seeking cost-effective, shared purchasing for facility upkeep.