Certified Texas Procurement Manager
State Test Exam Q&A 100% Pass
Purchasing - ✔✔The act, function and responsibility for the purchase of
equipment, materials, services, and construction required by an
organization to satisfy the needs of the requestor at the best value for the
state while conforming to ethical business practices. IMPORTANT: NEED
TO SATISFY NEEDS
Trends in Purchasing Profession - ✔✔Multiple parties in planning process
Reducing overall costs
Obtaining best value
Performance driven process
Certified purchasers
Basic Public Purchasing Principles - ✔✔Competition
Public Notice
Public Opening
Open Records
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, Challenges for Purchasers - ✔✔Purchasing is one of many departments
within your agency.
Work with people outside your department that you don't know or may
never see.
Each department is motivated by different goals or cultures.
Competition - ✔✔When 2 or more vendors attempt to secure state
business
Anchor of most purchasing statutes
Reduces opportunity for favoritism
Inspires public confidence
Required by 2155.063, Tex. Gov't Code
Public Notice - ✔✔Encourage the public to participate in the procurement
process.
Tools to facilitate public notice: Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL);
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) (Over $25,000)
Public Opening - ✔✔For bids, read the company name and the price.
For proposals, read the company name only.
Open Records - ✔✔Public Information Act; Ch. 552, Tex. Gov't Code
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
State Test Exam Q&A 100% Pass
Purchasing - ✔✔The act, function and responsibility for the purchase of
equipment, materials, services, and construction required by an
organization to satisfy the needs of the requestor at the best value for the
state while conforming to ethical business practices. IMPORTANT: NEED
TO SATISFY NEEDS
Trends in Purchasing Profession - ✔✔Multiple parties in planning process
Reducing overall costs
Obtaining best value
Performance driven process
Certified purchasers
Basic Public Purchasing Principles - ✔✔Competition
Public Notice
Public Opening
Open Records
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Challenges for Purchasers - ✔✔Purchasing is one of many departments
within your agency.
Work with people outside your department that you don't know or may
never see.
Each department is motivated by different goals or cultures.
Competition - ✔✔When 2 or more vendors attempt to secure state
business
Anchor of most purchasing statutes
Reduces opportunity for favoritism
Inspires public confidence
Required by 2155.063, Tex. Gov't Code
Public Notice - ✔✔Encourage the public to participate in the procurement
process.
Tools to facilitate public notice: Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL);
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) (Over $25,000)
Public Opening - ✔✔For bids, read the company name and the price.
For proposals, read the company name only.
Open Records - ✔✔Public Information Act; Ch. 552, Tex. Gov't Code
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
