CTCD EXAMINATION SET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● 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
● 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)
● 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)
● 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 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?
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● 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
● 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)
● 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)
● 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 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?
