Certified Texas Contract Developer
(CTCD)
Questions
and Answers 100% Correct
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)✔✔central authority for state agencies in procurement for
procurement guidance, education, statewide contract development services and delegation of
purchasing authority
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach✔✔conducts policy research, provides training and
certification for procurement professionals,
and provides the division's customer service support through the outreach team
Statewide Contract Development Team✔✔develops statewide contracts for state agencies,
institutions of higher education, and local governments
Statewide Contract Management Team✔✔assist state agencies with day-to-day contract
management, contract administration, reporting requirements, and vendor performance issues
Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD)✔✔conducts solicitation reviews, delegates
purchasing authority to state agencies, services greater than $100,000, greater than $5M+
coordinates reviews of solicitation, CAT members consists of multiple agencies, and POD seeks
to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority
True or False: A contract with a value of more than 2 million dollars is subject to the State
Auditor's Office Nepotism Disclosure Statement.✔✔True: because procurements with an
expected value of $1 million or more are subject to the form. (p. 73-74)
True or False: Your grandfather works for a vendor who you are procuring a contract with, you
must disclose the relationship.✔✔True: Your grandfather falls under the Nepotism of
, Consanguinity to the 2nd degree. Even if your grandfather has nothing to do with the contract,
you must disclose because it could look like you are giving a preference to that contractor. (p. 3)
For contracts valued over $25k, how many contractors on the Centralized Master Bidders List
(CMBL) do you solicit to?✔✔ALL: all active contractors must be solicited to, to provide bid
opportunities to those contractors within the respected NIGP Class and/or Class/Item designated.
(p. 67) (p. 30*)
How many vendors are you supposed to get a price request from on a Texas Multiple Award
Schedule (TXMAS) contract valued at $1 million?✔✔Six (6): contracts that value more than $1
million, but not more than $5 million must submit a request for pricing to at least this number.
(p.36)
True or False: Request for Offer method is the required procurement method for procuring DIR
contracts valued over $5 million.✔✔True: RFO is intended as the designated, primary
purchasing method for procuring Cooperative Contracts and AIS other than DIR's IT commodity
program. (p.34)*$5 million monetary threshold for IT commodity items are not within DIRs
procurement authority as established by statute.
A solicitation that has it's entire solicitation package must be posted for a minimum of how many
days on the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)?✔✔14 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
A solicitation that has it's entire solicitation package on the ESBD, but then amendments are
added must be posted for at least how many days?✔✔21 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
As a best practice, how many days should a solicitation be posted on the ESBD?✔✔30 calendar
days (p.66)
True or False: A letter of delegated purchasing authority, from certain required solicitations, must
be obtained and if not obtained the contract can be voided?✔✔True (p.30 and p. 67)
(CTCD)
Questions
and Answers 100% Correct
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)✔✔central authority for state agencies in procurement for
procurement guidance, education, statewide contract development services and delegation of
purchasing authority
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach✔✔conducts policy research, provides training and
certification for procurement professionals,
and provides the division's customer service support through the outreach team
Statewide Contract Development Team✔✔develops statewide contracts for state agencies,
institutions of higher education, and local governments
Statewide Contract Management Team✔✔assist state agencies with day-to-day contract
management, contract administration, reporting requirements, and vendor performance issues
Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD)✔✔conducts solicitation reviews, delegates
purchasing authority to state agencies, services greater than $100,000, greater than $5M+
coordinates reviews of solicitation, CAT members consists of multiple agencies, and POD seeks
to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority
True or False: A contract with a value of more than 2 million dollars is subject to the State
Auditor's Office Nepotism Disclosure Statement.✔✔True: because procurements with an
expected value of $1 million or more are subject to the form. (p. 73-74)
True or False: Your grandfather works for a vendor who you are procuring a contract with, you
must disclose the relationship.✔✔True: Your grandfather falls under the Nepotism of
, Consanguinity to the 2nd degree. Even if your grandfather has nothing to do with the contract,
you must disclose because it could look like you are giving a preference to that contractor. (p. 3)
For contracts valued over $25k, how many contractors on the Centralized Master Bidders List
(CMBL) do you solicit to?✔✔ALL: all active contractors must be solicited to, to provide bid
opportunities to those contractors within the respected NIGP Class and/or Class/Item designated.
(p. 67) (p. 30*)
How many vendors are you supposed to get a price request from on a Texas Multiple Award
Schedule (TXMAS) contract valued at $1 million?✔✔Six (6): contracts that value more than $1
million, but not more than $5 million must submit a request for pricing to at least this number.
(p.36)
True or False: Request for Offer method is the required procurement method for procuring DIR
contracts valued over $5 million.✔✔True: RFO is intended as the designated, primary
purchasing method for procuring Cooperative Contracts and AIS other than DIR's IT commodity
program. (p.34)*$5 million monetary threshold for IT commodity items are not within DIRs
procurement authority as established by statute.
A solicitation that has it's entire solicitation package must be posted for a minimum of how many
days on the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)?✔✔14 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
A solicitation that has it's entire solicitation package on the ESBD, but then amendments are
added must be posted for at least how many days?✔✔21 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
As a best practice, how many days should a solicitation be posted on the ESBD?✔✔30 calendar
days (p.66)
True or False: A letter of delegated purchasing authority, from certain required solicitations, must
be obtained and if not obtained the contract can be voided?✔✔True (p.30 and p. 67)
