VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS REVIEW SHEET
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● Purchaser Role:
Answer: The term refers purchasing to the mechanical or administrative
process of how goods and services are ordered.
●● Contract Developer Role:
Answer: This term applies to all the actions taken prior to contract
execution and the preparation and completion of contract award
documents
●● Contract Manager Role:
Answer: This term applies to actions taken following contract execution
and ensuring contract performance and practices are consistent with
rules and Texas laws
●● Fundamentals of Procurement
Answer: Fairness, Transparency
Best Value for the State
Own the Mission
Good Steward of Public Funds
,●● Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) does
Answer: Delegates purchasing authority to state agencies of non-IT
goods and services
●● Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
Answer: Procurement Policy and Outreach
Contract Development
Contract Management
Historically Underutilized Business
Statewide Fleet, Travel, and Mail
●● Procurement Policy and Outreach
Answer: Training and Policy Development
Outreach
Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD)
●● Training and Policy Development
Answer: Develops and administers BTP, CTCD and CTCM training
Provides continuing education courses required for maintenance of
certifications
Conducts policy research and clarification
,●● Outreach
Answer: Provides customer support for:
Texas SmartBuy support and membership
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL)
Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
●● Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD)
Answer: Performs reviews of service solicitations over $100K (30 days)
and delegates purchasing authority
●● Contract Advisory Team (CAT) review
Answer: $5Million or greater
●● Contract Development
Answer: Develops Term, Managed, and TXMAS contracts
Performs reviews for solicitations for goods over $50K (30 days) via
open market requisitions (OMR) and approves delegation of purchasing
authority
●● Contract Management
, Answer: Assists state agencies, higher education institutions, Texas
SmartBuy Members, and contractors with:
day-to-day contract management
contract administration
reporting requirements
vendor performance issues related to statewide contracts
●● Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
Answer: Certifies Texas-based vendors as HUBs = Minority-owned,
woman-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned
Contract Developers or purchasers must make a good faith effort to
identify HUB subcontracting opportunities when the contract value is
$100,000 or greater.
HUB = 100K+ (2 of 3)
●● Statewide Fleet, Travel and Mail
Answer: Office of Vehicle Fleet Management:
Statewide Travel Management Program:
Statewide Mail Operations: