Certified Texas Contract Developer Practice Questions With Complete Solutions

Vendor Communication correct answer: Communication between vendors and public procurement professionals is vital and encouraged. All communication must cease once the solicitation drafting process commences 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 fees 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 from 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 primarily 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 commodities 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.