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Certified Texas Contract Developer (CTCD) Exam 2026
ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ ||NEWEST EXAM!!
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
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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)
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? - Answer-21 calendar days at
minimum. (p.66)
As a best practice, how many days should a solicitation be
posted on the ESBD? - Answer-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? - Answer-True
(p.30 and p. 67)
What is the name of the division that has the delegation
and purchasing authority? - Answer-Statewide
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Procurement Division (SPD) of the Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts state agency. (CPA). (p.1)
A non-IT service solicitation with a contract value of or
$200K must be submitted to what entity for review and
delegation?
a. CAT
b. DIR
c. POD
d. QAT - Answer-c. POD
True or False: Ethical standards are set by statute. -
Answer-True
If you want to procure custodial services which
procurement method would you use?
a. RFI
b. RFO
c. RFQ
d. IFB - Answer-b. RFO
Certified Texas Contract Developer (CTCD) Exam 2026
ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ ||NEWEST EXAM!!
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
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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)
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? - Answer-21 calendar days at
minimum. (p.66)
As a best practice, how many days should a solicitation be
posted on the ESBD? - Answer-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? - Answer-True
(p.30 and p. 67)
What is the name of the division that has the delegation
and purchasing authority? - Answer-Statewide
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Procurement Division (SPD) of the Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts state agency. (CPA). (p.1)
A non-IT service solicitation with a contract value of or
$200K must be submitted to what entity for review and
delegation?
a. CAT
b. DIR
c. POD
d. QAT - Answer-c. POD
True or False: Ethical standards are set by statute. -
Answer-True
If you want to procure custodial services which
procurement method would you use?
a. RFI
b. RFO
c. RFQ
d. IFB - Answer-b. RFO
