CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGER STUDY
GUIDE
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - Answers - The central authority for state
agencies for procurement guidance, education, statewide contract development
services, and delegation of purchasing authority. Assists its statewide government
customers with all stages of the procurement cycle.
Policy and Outreach - Answers - Conducts policy research, training and certification
customer service support services.
Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management - Answers - A broad
range of contracts for commodities and services.
Contract Advisory Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD) Program - Answers -
Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated contract value of $100,000 or greater.
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - Answers - Consist of multiple agencies. Solicitations
with a value greater than $1 million to $5 million.
Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) - Answers - Master database for Texas
procurement professionals.
No - Answers - Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with the State of
Texas?
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program - Answers - Provides opportunities
to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state procurement
contracting.
11.2% - Answers - Heavy construction other than building contracts.
21.1% - Answers - Any building construction, including general contracts and operative
builders contracts.
32.9% - Answers - All special trade construction contracts.
23.7% - Answers - Professional services contracts.
26.0% - Answers - All other service contracts
21.1% - Answers - Commodities contracts
, Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) - Answers - Manages and assist
agencies with their vehicles.
State Travel Management Program (STMP) - Answers - Manages travel expenditures,
including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel agencies.
Statewide Mail Operations - Answers - Provides state agencies and universities a
variety of mail operations services.
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) - Answers - A web portal to post solicitations
and learn of contract awards.
Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System - Answers - Statewide contracts procured
and managed by SPD must use a purchase order through this system.
Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS) - Answers - Use this statutorily required
method of reporting vendors once contracts are completed.
Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) - Answers - Contracts to supplement the
term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.
Agency Procurement Plans - Answers - Due annually to the comptrollers office by Nov
30th. Collected for information on delegated purchases and determines if there are any
possible gains with consolidating all the purchases together.
Conflicts of Interest - Answers - The possibility of influence by a personal or financial
interest, and the potential benefit to the employee is undefined.
First Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Parent or Child
Second Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister
Third Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Great grandparent, great grandchild, uncle
or aunt, niece or nephew
Nepotism - Answers - A form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using
one's position to favor a relative. Form must be completed if contract is $1M+.
Disclosure of Interested Parties (1295 Form) - Answers - Monitors businesses whose
agency has entered into a contractual agreement. Businesses with a contract of $1M in
value are required to submit a what before entering into a contract?
Bribery - Answers - An attempt to influence the decisions of a procurement
professional through enticement with a potential personal benefit.
GUIDE
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - Answers - The central authority for state
agencies for procurement guidance, education, statewide contract development
services, and delegation of purchasing authority. Assists its statewide government
customers with all stages of the procurement cycle.
Policy and Outreach - Answers - Conducts policy research, training and certification
customer service support services.
Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management - Answers - A broad
range of contracts for commodities and services.
Contract Advisory Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD) Program - Answers -
Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated contract value of $100,000 or greater.
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - Answers - Consist of multiple agencies. Solicitations
with a value greater than $1 million to $5 million.
Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) - Answers - Master database for Texas
procurement professionals.
No - Answers - Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with the State of
Texas?
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program - Answers - Provides opportunities
to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state procurement
contracting.
11.2% - Answers - Heavy construction other than building contracts.
21.1% - Answers - Any building construction, including general contracts and operative
builders contracts.
32.9% - Answers - All special trade construction contracts.
23.7% - Answers - Professional services contracts.
26.0% - Answers - All other service contracts
21.1% - Answers - Commodities contracts
, Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) - Answers - Manages and assist
agencies with their vehicles.
State Travel Management Program (STMP) - Answers - Manages travel expenditures,
including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel agencies.
Statewide Mail Operations - Answers - Provides state agencies and universities a
variety of mail operations services.
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) - Answers - A web portal to post solicitations
and learn of contract awards.
Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System - Answers - Statewide contracts procured
and managed by SPD must use a purchase order through this system.
Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS) - Answers - Use this statutorily required
method of reporting vendors once contracts are completed.
Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) - Answers - Contracts to supplement the
term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.
Agency Procurement Plans - Answers - Due annually to the comptrollers office by Nov
30th. Collected for information on delegated purchases and determines if there are any
possible gains with consolidating all the purchases together.
Conflicts of Interest - Answers - The possibility of influence by a personal or financial
interest, and the potential benefit to the employee is undefined.
First Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Parent or Child
Second Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister
Third Degree (Consanguinity) - Answers - Great grandparent, great grandchild, uncle
or aunt, niece or nephew
Nepotism - Answers - A form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using
one's position to favor a relative. Form must be completed if contract is $1M+.
Disclosure of Interested Parties (1295 Form) - Answers - Monitors businesses whose
agency has entered into a contractual agreement. Businesses with a contract of $1M in
value are required to submit a what before entering into a contract?
Bribery - Answers - An attempt to influence the decisions of a procurement
professional through enticement with a potential personal benefit.
