Certified Texas Contract Developer Practice Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Verified as Correct Vendor Communication - Correct Answer Communication between vendors and public procurement professionals is vital and encouraged.All communication must cease once the solicitation drafting process commences to ensure integrity of procurement.There are allowable and unallowable vendor-procurement interactions.Surplus Programs - Correct Answer Purchasing Goods, go here first.Federal surplus: comes from US govt, no public sales, usually lower fees than state.State surplus: Property from state agencies, available for direct transfer to agency, eventually available for sale to public.Set Aside programs - Correct Answer step 2 of purchasing goods Must be determined to be unsuitable before beginning a procurement from another source.Texas Correctional Industries Texas Workforce Commission (WorkQuest and TPPD) Must file a vendor performing report Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) - Correct Answer a division of TDCJ that manufactures goods and services using primarily offender labor for purchase by TX govt entities.Competitive bidding not required, Available through TX Smart Buy, Complete VPTS TCI Waiver Process - Correct Answer Process used to request not using TCI.TCI evaluates and approves or denies waiver.Keep waiver in procurement file. 1 / 2
Texas Purchasing from People with Disabilities Exception Reporting - Correct Answer must report through CPA TPPD reporting tool the reason commodities or services that could have been purchased through WorkQuest but were instead purchased from another vendor.
Exceptions include: quality, quantity, life-cycle costs, delivery time.
Statewide Term Contracts and Managed Contracts - Correct Answer Established by SPD as a source for procurement of goods and services.Go here first before going to open market.See contracts already created to use.Purchase Order Change Notice - Correct Answer Used when a change to an order is required.Needed for any change regardless of if initial purchase was through a managed contract or from TX Smart Buy.DO PROMPTLY! (within 30 days) Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) - Correct Answer contracts to supplement the term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.Awarded with SPD terms and conditions overlaying existing federal govt or other govt entity base contract.Agencies may use without obtaining delegated authority from SPD.Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) thresholds - Correct Answer $0- 50,000: go directly to TXMAS vendor
$50,000- 1M: obtain a price quote from 3 vendors
$1M or greater: Minimum of 6 vendors
If not enough vendors available, then document the limited number.Department of Information Resources (DIR) - Correct Answer A state agency created in 1989 that serves as the chief information office for the State of Texas. Agencies are required to purchase through DIR unless otherwise exempted.Request for Offer (RFO) - Correct Answer Must be used for IT Procurements, if cannot use DIR contracts.
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