CTCD QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
PROCUREMENT OVERSIGHT & DELEGATION Ans✓✓✓ Conducts
solicitation reviews and delegation of authority.
Services greater than $100,000. - Submit Solicitation
Greater than $5M+ coordinates reviews of solicitation. - Services &
Commodities.
POD members consists of multiple agencies.
POD seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing
authority.
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach Ans✓✓✓ Conducts Policy
Research.
Provides Training and Certification for Procurement Professionals.
Provides the Division's Customer Service Support Services through the
Outreach Team.
Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management Ans✓✓✓
SPD has authority to develop and manage statewide contracts.
Used by state agencies.
Broad range of contracts for commodities and services.
Historically Underutilized Business Program Ans✓✓✓ Promotes full
and equal business opportunities.
Solicitations in excess of $100K and subcontracting is probable.
,Office of Vehicle Fleet Management Ans✓✓✓ Manages and assists
agencies with reporting their fleet vehicles on the state's reporting
system.
Interagency contracts with state agencies and institutions of higher
education to maintain the system.
Ability for state agencies to monitor fleet maintenance and vehicle
information.
State Travel Management Program Ans✓✓✓ Contracts travel services -
State agencies
Institutions of higher education
TX SmartBuy Members
Local governments
Public school districts
Community colleges
Statewide Mail Operations Ans✓✓✓ Mail operation services to state
agencies and universities.
Delivery and collection of interagency mail
Delivery and collection of state warrants
Mail equipment purchases, leasing and service renewals and approvals
for state agency requests
Outgoing mail
, Guidelines for mail handling
USPS liaison
Electronic State Business Daily Ans✓✓✓ Available application on the
SPD web portal
Used for posting solicitations
-Informs potential contracting opportunities
-Notification of contract awards
Solicitations valued at $25,000+ required to post on ESBD
Texas SMartBuy Ans✓✓✓ Statewide Term Contracts
-Procured and managed by SPD
*Require a purchase order through Texas SMartBuy ordering system
-TXMAS Contracts
-Local Governments wanting to purchase from SPD contracts must
become members of Texas SmartBuy
Vendor Performance Tracking System Ans✓✓✓ System collects vendor
performance reports from state agencies.
-Agencies must submit vendor performance reports for contracts of
$25,000+
-System is used for:
*Scoring vendors
*Tracking vendor performance
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
PROCUREMENT OVERSIGHT & DELEGATION Ans✓✓✓ Conducts
solicitation reviews and delegation of authority.
Services greater than $100,000. - Submit Solicitation
Greater than $5M+ coordinates reviews of solicitation. - Services &
Commodities.
POD members consists of multiple agencies.
POD seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing
authority.
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach Ans✓✓✓ Conducts Policy
Research.
Provides Training and Certification for Procurement Professionals.
Provides the Division's Customer Service Support Services through the
Outreach Team.
Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management Ans✓✓✓
SPD has authority to develop and manage statewide contracts.
Used by state agencies.
Broad range of contracts for commodities and services.
Historically Underutilized Business Program Ans✓✓✓ Promotes full
and equal business opportunities.
Solicitations in excess of $100K and subcontracting is probable.
,Office of Vehicle Fleet Management Ans✓✓✓ Manages and assists
agencies with reporting their fleet vehicles on the state's reporting
system.
Interagency contracts with state agencies and institutions of higher
education to maintain the system.
Ability for state agencies to monitor fleet maintenance and vehicle
information.
State Travel Management Program Ans✓✓✓ Contracts travel services -
State agencies
Institutions of higher education
TX SmartBuy Members
Local governments
Public school districts
Community colleges
Statewide Mail Operations Ans✓✓✓ Mail operation services to state
agencies and universities.
Delivery and collection of interagency mail
Delivery and collection of state warrants
Mail equipment purchases, leasing and service renewals and approvals
for state agency requests
Outgoing mail
, Guidelines for mail handling
USPS liaison
Electronic State Business Daily Ans✓✓✓ Available application on the
SPD web portal
Used for posting solicitations
-Informs potential contracting opportunities
-Notification of contract awards
Solicitations valued at $25,000+ required to post on ESBD
Texas SMartBuy Ans✓✓✓ Statewide Term Contracts
-Procured and managed by SPD
*Require a purchase order through Texas SMartBuy ordering system
-TXMAS Contracts
-Local Governments wanting to purchase from SPD contracts must
become members of Texas SmartBuy
Vendor Performance Tracking System Ans✓✓✓ System collects vendor
performance reports from state agencies.
-Agencies must submit vendor performance reports for contracts of
$25,000+
-System is used for:
*Scoring vendors
*Tracking vendor performance
