Certified Texas Contract Developer
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Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops
statewide contracts for state agencies, institutions of higher education, and
local governments
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,Statewide Contract Management Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔assist state
agencies with day-to-day contract management, contract administration,
reporting requirements, and vendor performance issues
Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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)
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, For contracts valued over $25k, how many contractors on the Centralized
Master Bidders List (CMBL) do you solicit to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔14 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
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(CTCD) 2024/2025 Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Answers/
Complete Solutions | Get it 100%
Accurate
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops
statewide contracts for state agencies, institutions of higher education, and
local governments
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Statewide Contract Management Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔assist state
agencies with day-to-day contract management, contract administration,
reporting requirements, and vendor performance issues
Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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)
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, For contracts valued over $25k, how many contractors on the Centralized
Master Bidders List (CMBL) do you solicit to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔14 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
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