Certified Texas Contract Developer Practice Test | CTCD Exam Prep | 2026

Certified,./Texas,./Contract,./Developer,./Practice


Vendor,./Communication,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Communication,./between,./vendors,./and,./public,./procurement,./profession
als,./is,./vital,./and,./encouraged.,./
All,./communication,./must,./cease,./once,./the,./solicitation,./drafting,./process,./c
ommences,./to,./ensure,./integrity,./of,./procurement.
There,./are,./allowable,./and,./unallowable,./vendor-procurement,./interactions.


Surplus,./Programs,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Purchasing,./Goods,,./go,./here,./first.
Federal,./surplus:,./comes,./from,./US,./govt,,./no,./public,./sales,,./usually,./lower,./f
ees,./than,./state.
State,./surplus:,./Property,./from,./state,./agencies,,./available,./for,./direct,./transfer
,./to,./agency,,./eventually,./available,./for,./sale,./to,./public.




Set,./Aside,./programs,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
step,./2,./of,./purchasing,./goods

,Must,./be,./determined,./to,./be,./unsuitable,./before,./beginning,./a,./procurement,./f
rom,./another,./source.
Texas,./Correctional,./Industries
Texas,./Workforce,./Commission,./(WorkQuest,./and,./TPPD)
Must,./file,./a,./vendor,./performing,./report



Texas,./Correctional,./Industries,./(TCI),./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
a,./division,./of,./TDCJ,./that,./manufactures,./goods,./and,./services,./using,./prim
arily,./offender,./labor,./for,./purchase,./by,./TX,./govt,./entities.,./
Competitive,./bidding,./not,./required,
Available,./through,./TX,./Smart,./Buy,
Complete,./VPTS


TCI,./Waiver,./Process,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Process,./used,./to,./request,./not,./using,./TCI.
TCI,./evaluates,./and,./approves,./or,./denies,./waiver.,./
Keep,./waiver,./in,./procurement,./file.


Texas,./Purchasing,./from,./People,./with,./Disabilities,./Exception,./Reporting,./-
,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
must,./report,./through,./CPA,./TPPD,./reporting,./tool,./the,./reason,./commoditi
es,./or,./services,./that,./could,./have,./been,./purchased,./through,./WorkQuest,./but,./
were,./instead,./purchased,./from,./another,./vendor.,./

, Exceptions,./include:,./quality,,./quantity,,./life-cycle,./costs,,./delivery,./time.


Statewide,./Term,./Contracts,./and,./Managed,./Contracts,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔
✔
Established,./by,./SPD,./as,./a,./source,./for,./procurement,./of,./goods,./and,./servic
es.
Go,./here,./first,./before,./going,./to,./open,./market.
See,./contracts,./already,./created,./to,./use.


Purchase,./Order,./Change,./Notice,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Used,./when,./a,./change,./to,./an,./order,./is,./required.,./
Needed,./for,./any,./change,./regardless,./of,./if,./initial,./purchase,./was,./through,./a,./
managed,./contract,./or,./from,./TX,./Smart,./Buy.
DO,./PROMPTLY!,./(within,./30,./days)


Texas,./Multiple,./Award,./Schedule,./(TXMAS),./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
contracts,./to,./supplement,./the,./term,./contracts,./issued,./and,./negotiated,./by,./
SPD.
Awarded,./with,./SPD,./terms,./and,./conditions,./overlaying,./existing,./federal,./g
ovt,./or,./other,./govt,./entity,./base,./contract.
Agencies,./may,./use,./without,./obtaining,./delegated,./authority,./from,./SPD.