Awarding a contract to your uncle is an example of? - ANSWER Nepotism
Specifications of this type may inadvertently reduce the vendor pool, increase cost due to
customization and may result in proprietary procurements: - ANSWER Restrictive
Specifications
For a contract over 50k, how many days does the agency have to notify the Legislative
Budget Board (LBB) after award? - ANSWER 30 calendar days
The amount of time a state agency must wait before it can contract with a former executive
head who has retired or left the agency is how long? - ANSWER 4 years
These are the three types of contracts developed and managed by the Contract
Development and Contract Management Teams within the Statewide Procurement Division:
- ANSWER Term, Managed and TXMAS
These forms must be filled out by the procurement professionals involved in a procurement
over 1 million dollars - ANSWER -SAO Nepotism Disclosure Statement for Purchasing
Personnel Form
-1295 disclosure of interested parties
-Conflict of Interest disclosure
What are the two activities that are prohibited by evaluation committee members? -
ANSWER Doing independent research, discussing the procurement when not all
members are present, pressuring members to score vendors a certain way and breaking
confidentiality
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, A bid tabulation is used when the evaluation criteria are objective, therefore it is appropriate
to use when evaluating responses to a: - ANSWER IFB (invitation for bids)
Provide two legal elements that are necessary to form a binding contract: - ANSWER
Offer - Acceptance - Legal Purpose - Consideration - Certainty of Subject Matter - Competent
Parties
Accepting or offering any benefit in exchange for a decision, opinion, recommendation, vote
or other exercise of discretion to or from a public official/servant is a? - ANSWER Bribe
The standardized form used by an evaluation committee to evaluate vendor responses is
called a: - ANSWER Scoring Matrix
What procurement methods should be used if the requirements cannot be described by
detailed specifications and the vendor is expected to provide innovative ideas? - ANSWER
Request for Proposals (RFP) - Request for Offers (RFO)
What are the Interagency Oversight Teams? - ANSWER Contract Advisory Team (CAT) -
Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
This eProcurement (online ordering) system is used by state agencies and members (local
governments) to search existing SPD contracts and place purchase orders: - ANSWER
Texas SmartBuy
Technical Leveling, Technical Specifications and Auctioneering techniques are prohibited
during: - ANSWER Negotiations
The ability for an agency to purchase goods and services on the open market using state
funds is called? - ANSWER Purchasing Authority
A vendor response that is on time, complete and signed is? - ANSWER Responsive
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Specifications of this type may inadvertently reduce the vendor pool, increase cost due to
customization and may result in proprietary procurements: - ANSWER Restrictive
Specifications
For a contract over 50k, how many days does the agency have to notify the Legislative
Budget Board (LBB) after award? - ANSWER 30 calendar days
The amount of time a state agency must wait before it can contract with a former executive
head who has retired or left the agency is how long? - ANSWER 4 years
These are the three types of contracts developed and managed by the Contract
Development and Contract Management Teams within the Statewide Procurement Division:
- ANSWER Term, Managed and TXMAS
These forms must be filled out by the procurement professionals involved in a procurement
over 1 million dollars - ANSWER -SAO Nepotism Disclosure Statement for Purchasing
Personnel Form
-1295 disclosure of interested parties
-Conflict of Interest disclosure
What are the two activities that are prohibited by evaluation committee members? -
ANSWER Doing independent research, discussing the procurement when not all
members are present, pressuring members to score vendors a certain way and breaking
confidentiality
1
, A bid tabulation is used when the evaluation criteria are objective, therefore it is appropriate
to use when evaluating responses to a: - ANSWER IFB (invitation for bids)
Provide two legal elements that are necessary to form a binding contract: - ANSWER
Offer - Acceptance - Legal Purpose - Consideration - Certainty of Subject Matter - Competent
Parties
Accepting or offering any benefit in exchange for a decision, opinion, recommendation, vote
or other exercise of discretion to or from a public official/servant is a? - ANSWER Bribe
The standardized form used by an evaluation committee to evaluate vendor responses is
called a: - ANSWER Scoring Matrix
What procurement methods should be used if the requirements cannot be described by
detailed specifications and the vendor is expected to provide innovative ideas? - ANSWER
Request for Proposals (RFP) - Request for Offers (RFO)
What are the Interagency Oversight Teams? - ANSWER Contract Advisory Team (CAT) -
Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
This eProcurement (online ordering) system is used by state agencies and members (local
governments) to search existing SPD contracts and place purchase orders: - ANSWER
Texas SmartBuy
Technical Leveling, Technical Specifications and Auctioneering techniques are prohibited
during: - ANSWER Negotiations
The ability for an agency to purchase goods and services on the open market using state
funds is called? - ANSWER Purchasing Authority
A vendor response that is on time, complete and signed is? - ANSWER Responsive
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