CTCD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A state agency must notify QAT within _ business days when the agency awards a
contract for a major information resources project that is equal to or greater than $10
million for QAT review. - ✔✔10 business days
✔✔Procurement Lead Time - ✔✔the interval between a decision to purchase a product
or service to when the contract is awarded
✔✔What is the suggested lead time? - ✔✔180 days from start to completion
✔✔Conducts policy research, provides training and certification for procurement
professionals and provides the division's customer service support through the outreach
team - ✔✔Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach
✔✔The Statewide Contract Management Team assist state agencies with what four
things? - ✔✔-Day to day contract management
-Contract administration
-Reporting requirements
-Vendor performance issues
✔✔_ seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority. -
✔✔POD
✔✔Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team (POD) - ✔✔-conducts solicitation
reviews
-delegates purchasing authority to state agencies
-services greater than $100,000
-Greater than $5Million coordinates reviews of solicitations
-CAT members consists of multiple agencies
-seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority
✔✔The contract development process begins with a _ to determine what and how much
of a good or service the agency will require - ✔✔Needs Assessment
✔✔_ may help an agency determine if what needs to be purchased is available on the
open market - ✔✔Market Research
✔✔_ is a method that can aid the contract developer when deciding whether to re-solicit
a previous contract in its entirety, or procure only a piece of the product or service from
the previous contract - ✔✔Historical Spend Analysis
, ✔✔_ is a need assessment tool which can be used to determine the product or service
solution, quantity, price point, and other industry standards for the procurement -
✔✔Benchmarking
✔✔Section of SPD that reviews solicitations worth $5M+ and consists of
representatives from multiple agencies. - ✔✔Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
✔✔Section of SPD made up of representatives from multiple agencies reviews major
solicitations information resources projects with an anticipated value of $1M - $5M. The
solicitations are still uploaded through the CAT-RAD portal, who then forwards it to this
entity. - ✔✔Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
✔✔Section of SPD that conducts solicitation review and delegation of purchasing
authority for state agencies' service contracts with an anticipated value of $100k+ and is
made up of internal personnel. If their review lasts longer than 30 days, the agency still
does not have authority to post the solicitation until they hear back. This entity escalates
solicitations worth $5M+ to CAT. - ✔✔Contract Advisory Team - Review and Delegation
(CAT-RAD) Program
✔✔Entire solicitation must be posted to ESBD for how many days - ✔✔14
✔✔Notice of solicitation must be posted for how many days - ✔✔21
✔✔Solicitation for major consulting services must be published in the Secretary of
State's Texas Register for at least 30 days prior to executing the contract, in addition
must also obtain a finding of fact (FoF) from the Governor's Office with a copy of the
FoF to the Legislative Budge Board. - ✔✔True
✔✔At what amount is a consulting services contract considered major? - ✔✔$15,000 for
state agency and $25,000 for higher ed and has to be posted to the Texas Register
✔✔Preferences should be placed in solicitations - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the legal elements of a contract? - ✔✔1. Offer
2. Acceptance
3. Legal Purpose/Objective
4.Mutuality of obligations: also known as "meeting of the minds"
5. Certainty of subject matter
6. Consideration
7. Competent parties
✔✔Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is the overseeing agency for state use
programs - ✔✔True
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A state agency must notify QAT within _ business days when the agency awards a
contract for a major information resources project that is equal to or greater than $10
million for QAT review. - ✔✔10 business days
✔✔Procurement Lead Time - ✔✔the interval between a decision to purchase a product
or service to when the contract is awarded
✔✔What is the suggested lead time? - ✔✔180 days from start to completion
✔✔Conducts policy research, provides training and certification for procurement
professionals and provides the division's customer service support through the outreach
team - ✔✔Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach
✔✔The Statewide Contract Management Team assist state agencies with what four
things? - ✔✔-Day to day contract management
-Contract administration
-Reporting requirements
-Vendor performance issues
✔✔_ seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority. -
✔✔POD
✔✔Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team (POD) - ✔✔-conducts solicitation
reviews
-delegates purchasing authority to state agencies
-services greater than $100,000
-Greater than $5Million coordinates reviews of solicitations
-CAT members consists of multiple agencies
-seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority
✔✔The contract development process begins with a _ to determine what and how much
of a good or service the agency will require - ✔✔Needs Assessment
✔✔_ may help an agency determine if what needs to be purchased is available on the
open market - ✔✔Market Research
✔✔_ is a method that can aid the contract developer when deciding whether to re-solicit
a previous contract in its entirety, or procure only a piece of the product or service from
the previous contract - ✔✔Historical Spend Analysis
, ✔✔_ is a need assessment tool which can be used to determine the product or service
solution, quantity, price point, and other industry standards for the procurement -
✔✔Benchmarking
✔✔Section of SPD that reviews solicitations worth $5M+ and consists of
representatives from multiple agencies. - ✔✔Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
✔✔Section of SPD made up of representatives from multiple agencies reviews major
solicitations information resources projects with an anticipated value of $1M - $5M. The
solicitations are still uploaded through the CAT-RAD portal, who then forwards it to this
entity. - ✔✔Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
✔✔Section of SPD that conducts solicitation review and delegation of purchasing
authority for state agencies' service contracts with an anticipated value of $100k+ and is
made up of internal personnel. If their review lasts longer than 30 days, the agency still
does not have authority to post the solicitation until they hear back. This entity escalates
solicitations worth $5M+ to CAT. - ✔✔Contract Advisory Team - Review and Delegation
(CAT-RAD) Program
✔✔Entire solicitation must be posted to ESBD for how many days - ✔✔14
✔✔Notice of solicitation must be posted for how many days - ✔✔21
✔✔Solicitation for major consulting services must be published in the Secretary of
State's Texas Register for at least 30 days prior to executing the contract, in addition
must also obtain a finding of fact (FoF) from the Governor's Office with a copy of the
FoF to the Legislative Budge Board. - ✔✔True
✔✔At what amount is a consulting services contract considered major? - ✔✔$15,000 for
state agency and $25,000 for higher ed and has to be posted to the Texas Register
✔✔Preferences should be placed in solicitations - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the legal elements of a contract? - ✔✔1. Offer
2. Acceptance
3. Legal Purpose/Objective
4.Mutuality of obligations: also known as "meeting of the minds"
5. Certainty of subject matter
6. Consideration
7. Competent parties
✔✔Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is the overseeing agency for state use
programs - ✔✔True
