CTCD - TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW
Vendor Performance Tracking System - def Ans✓✓✓ A contractor's
performance must be reported to this system once a contract with a value
over $25k is completed or otherwise terminated
Texas SmartBuy - def Ans✓✓✓ The State's eProcurement system for
non
IT goods and services.
Policy and Outreach - def Ans✓✓✓ Conducts policy research, training
and certification and customer support services.
Statewide Mail Operations -def Ans✓✓✓ Provides state agencies and
universities a variety of mail operations services
Statewide Contract Management Team - def Ans✓✓✓ Manages
statewide term, managed, and TXMAS contracts for use by state
agencies
Statewide Travel Management Program - def Ans✓✓✓ Manage travel
expenditures, monitor travel activity, and provide discounted travel
services, institutions of higher education, and eligible TXSmartBuy
members.
,Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) - def Ans✓✓✓
Establishes and manages the state vehicle reporting system, assist state
agencies and institutions of higher education with the management of
their fleet vehicles
Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) - def Ans✓✓✓
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy
disparity in state procurement and contracting
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) Ans✓✓✓ State's online system
used for posting solicitations for the purpose of informing vendors of
procurement opportunities and providing public notice of contract
awards
Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) - def Ans✓✓✓ Reviews
solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for
an anticipated service contract valued over $100k
Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) - def Ans✓✓✓ An online
directory that provides public procurement professionals the ability to
foster competition between vendors
Agency Procurement Plans - def Ans✓✓✓ This plan must be submitted
by Nov. 30th annually to SPD for potential contract consolidation
, Statewide Contract Development Team - def Ans✓✓✓ Develops
Statewide Term, managed, and TXMAS contracts that offer a broad
range of goods and services to state agencies.
Are negotiations permitted in TXMAS Contracts? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Are negotiations permitted in Set-Aside Program goods? Ans✓✓✓ No
Are negotiations permitted in Managed Contracts? Ans✓✓✓ No
Are negotiations permitted in Request for Proposals? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Are cost negotiations permitted in Request for Qualifications? Ans✓✓✓
Yes
Are negotiations permitted in Invitations for Bid? Ans✓✓✓ No *unless
there is only one qualified bidder
Does an RFO provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Does a Request for Application provide solutions to a problem the
agency may have? (ex. grants) Ans✓✓✓ No
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW
Vendor Performance Tracking System - def Ans✓✓✓ A contractor's
performance must be reported to this system once a contract with a value
over $25k is completed or otherwise terminated
Texas SmartBuy - def Ans✓✓✓ The State's eProcurement system for
non
IT goods and services.
Policy and Outreach - def Ans✓✓✓ Conducts policy research, training
and certification and customer support services.
Statewide Mail Operations -def Ans✓✓✓ Provides state agencies and
universities a variety of mail operations services
Statewide Contract Management Team - def Ans✓✓✓ Manages
statewide term, managed, and TXMAS contracts for use by state
agencies
Statewide Travel Management Program - def Ans✓✓✓ Manage travel
expenditures, monitor travel activity, and provide discounted travel
services, institutions of higher education, and eligible TXSmartBuy
members.
,Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) - def Ans✓✓✓
Establishes and manages the state vehicle reporting system, assist state
agencies and institutions of higher education with the management of
their fleet vehicles
Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) - def Ans✓✓✓
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy
disparity in state procurement and contracting
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) Ans✓✓✓ State's online system
used for posting solicitations for the purpose of informing vendors of
procurement opportunities and providing public notice of contract
awards
Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) - def Ans✓✓✓ Reviews
solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for
an anticipated service contract valued over $100k
Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) - def Ans✓✓✓ An online
directory that provides public procurement professionals the ability to
foster competition between vendors
Agency Procurement Plans - def Ans✓✓✓ This plan must be submitted
by Nov. 30th annually to SPD for potential contract consolidation
, Statewide Contract Development Team - def Ans✓✓✓ Develops
Statewide Term, managed, and TXMAS contracts that offer a broad
range of goods and services to state agencies.
Are negotiations permitted in TXMAS Contracts? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Are negotiations permitted in Set-Aside Program goods? Ans✓✓✓ No
Are negotiations permitted in Managed Contracts? Ans✓✓✓ No
Are negotiations permitted in Request for Proposals? Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Are cost negotiations permitted in Request for Qualifications? Ans✓✓✓
Yes
Are negotiations permitted in Invitations for Bid? Ans✓✓✓ No *unless
there is only one qualified bidder
Does an RFO provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes
Does a Request for Application provide solutions to a problem the
agency may have? (ex. grants) Ans✓✓✓ No
