Certified Texas Contract Developer
(CTCD) Exam Questions and Answers
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Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - ✔✔central authority for state
agencies in procurement for procurement guidance, education, statewide
contract development services and delegation of purchasing authority
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach - ✔✔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 - ✔✔develops statewide contracts
for state agencies, institutions of higher education, and local governments
Statewide Contract Management Team - ✔✔assist state agencies with
day-to-day contract management, contract administration, reporting
requirements, and vendor performance issues
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,Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD) - ✔✔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. -
✔✔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. - ✔✔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? - ✔✔ALL: all active
contractors must be solicited to, to provide bid opportunities to those
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, 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? -
✔✔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. - ✔✔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)? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔21 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
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(CTCD) Exam Questions and Answers
100% Solved
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - ✔✔central authority for state
agencies in procurement for procurement guidance, education, statewide
contract development services and delegation of purchasing authority
Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach - ✔✔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 - ✔✔develops statewide contracts
for state agencies, institutions of higher education, and local governments
Statewide Contract Management Team - ✔✔assist state agencies with
day-to-day contract management, contract administration, reporting
requirements, and vendor performance issues
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD) - ✔✔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. -
✔✔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. - ✔✔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? - ✔✔ALL: all active
contractors must be solicited to, to provide bid opportunities to those
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, 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? -
✔✔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. - ✔✔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)? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔21 calendar days at minimum. (p.66)
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