CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT DEVELOPER
PRACTICE TEST 2026 EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
⩥ Policy and Outreach. Answer: Conducts policy research, training and
certification customer service support services.
⩥ Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management. Answer:
A broad range of contracts for commodities and services.
⩥ Contract Advisory Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD)
Program. Answer: Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation
of purchasing authority for an anticipated contract value of $100,000 or
greater.
⩥ Contract Advisory Team (CAT). Answer: Consist of multiple
agencies. Solicitations with a value greater than $1 million to $5 million.
⩥ Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL). Answer: Master database
for Texas procurement professionals.
⩥ No. Answer: Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with
the State of Texas?
,⩥ Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program. Answer:
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy
disparity in state procurement contracting.
⩥ 11.2%. Answer: Heavy construction other than building contracts.
⩥ 21.1%. Answer: Any building construction, including general
contracts and operative builders contracts.
⩥ 32.9%. Answer: All special trade construction contracts.
⩥ 23.7%. Answer: Professional services contracts.
⩥ 26.0%. Answer: All other service contracts
⩥ 21.1%. Answer: Commodities contracts
⩥ Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM). Answer: Manages and
assist agencies with their vehicles.
⩥ State Travel Management Program (STMP). Answer: Manages travel
expenditures, including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel agencies.
, ⩥ Statewide Mail Operations. Answer: Provides state agencies and
universities a variety of mail operations services.
⩥ Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD). Answer: A web portal to post
solicitations and learn of contract awards.
⩥ Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System. Answer: Statewide
contracts procured and managed by SPD must use a purchase order
through this system.
⩥ Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS). Answer: Use this
statutorily required method of reporting vendors once contracts are
completed.
⩥ Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS). Answer: Contracts to
supplement the term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.
⩥ Agency Procurement Plans. Answer: Due annually to the comptrollers
office by Nov 30th. Collected for information on delegated purchases
and determines if there are any possible gains with consolidating all the
purchases together.
PRACTICE TEST 2026 EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
⩥ Policy and Outreach. Answer: Conducts policy research, training and
certification customer service support services.
⩥ Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management. Answer:
A broad range of contracts for commodities and services.
⩥ Contract Advisory Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD)
Program. Answer: Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation
of purchasing authority for an anticipated contract value of $100,000 or
greater.
⩥ Contract Advisory Team (CAT). Answer: Consist of multiple
agencies. Solicitations with a value greater than $1 million to $5 million.
⩥ Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL). Answer: Master database
for Texas procurement professionals.
⩥ No. Answer: Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with
the State of Texas?
,⩥ Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program. Answer:
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy
disparity in state procurement contracting.
⩥ 11.2%. Answer: Heavy construction other than building contracts.
⩥ 21.1%. Answer: Any building construction, including general
contracts and operative builders contracts.
⩥ 32.9%. Answer: All special trade construction contracts.
⩥ 23.7%. Answer: Professional services contracts.
⩥ 26.0%. Answer: All other service contracts
⩥ 21.1%. Answer: Commodities contracts
⩥ Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM). Answer: Manages and
assist agencies with their vehicles.
⩥ State Travel Management Program (STMP). Answer: Manages travel
expenditures, including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel agencies.
, ⩥ Statewide Mail Operations. Answer: Provides state agencies and
universities a variety of mail operations services.
⩥ Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD). Answer: A web portal to post
solicitations and learn of contract awards.
⩥ Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System. Answer: Statewide
contracts procured and managed by SPD must use a purchase order
through this system.
⩥ Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS). Answer: Use this
statutorily required method of reporting vendors once contracts are
completed.
⩥ Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS). Answer: Contracts to
supplement the term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.
⩥ Agency Procurement Plans. Answer: Due annually to the comptrollers
office by Nov 30th. Collected for information on delegated purchases
and determines if there are any possible gains with consolidating all the
purchases together.
