Certified Texas Contract Developer (CTCD) Questions With Complete Solutions

Legal Elements of a Contract correct answer: • Offer • Acceptance • Legal Purpose • Mutuality of Obligation • Certainty of Subject Matter • Consideration • Competent Parties The essential provisions that must be included in every contract correct answer: • Scope of work, • Financial provisions (e.g., price and payment terms), • Contract term and termination provisions, and • Identification of the contracting parties. TRUE/FALSE - After contract award, the bid tabulation must be available for release through the Texas Public Information Act. correct answer: TRUE - After contract award, the bid tabulation must be available for release through the Texas Public Information Act. Acquisition Plan correct answer: The objective of the Acquisition Plan is to ensure that the procurement is solicited, negotiated, executed, and managed in a way that delivers best value to the State. The Acquisition Plan identifies: correct answer: •the procurement team (including the Contract Developer, Contract Manager, and end user), •the team's roles and responsibilities, •the schedule of events, as well as the activities necessary to ensure that the contract requirements are satisfied, •the goods and services are delivered in a timely manner, and •the financial interests of the agency are protected. Major Consulting Services Contract correct answer: the value of the contract will exceed $15,000 for a state agency or $25,000 for an institution of higher education Major Information Resources Project correct answer: • specifically designated as such by the Legislature in the General Appropriations Act; or • identified in an agency's biennial operating plan whose development costs exceed $1 million and that • requires one or more years to reach operation status; • involves more than one state agency; or • substantially alters the work methods of state agency personnel or the delivery of services to clients. Prior to posting to the ESBD or publishing in the Texas Register correct answer: Prior to posting to the ESBD or publishing in the Texas Register, an agency mu