McMinnville officials had to branch outside the state in an effort to find a written request for proposals in order to hire an IT security company. For several months, officials have discussed the need to hire a company to bolster the city’s computer security. However, that process has not been easy due to staff’s inability to find an existing RFP – the documentation needed to solicit bids from companies for their consideration – the city could tweak and use.City administrator Bill Brock told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in December he was not able to locate that particular documentation in Tennessee.