CTCM CORE EXAM 2026.pdf 1. Document information

CTCM CORE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A contract with an initial value of $200,000, with two (2) optional, annual renewals of
the same amount. What is the contract value? Include the formula in your response. -
✔✔Initial + Renewals
(200,000) +(200,000+200,000)
= $600,000

✔✔What does the SPD do? - ✔✔It is the entity that delegates purchasing authority to
state agencies for non-IT goods and services

✔✔Purchasing Authority - ✔✔The ability of an agency to purchase goods and services
using state funds

✔✔Delegation of purchasing authority - ✔✔Assigning purchasing authority to an
agency. This is important when going to open market.

✔✔Statewide contract development team & identify the 3 types of contracts they
develop - ✔✔Develops and administers over 250 statewide contracts representing
several thousand line items of products/services
Develops term, managed & TXMAS contracts

✔✔Historically underutilized business program (HUB) - ✔✔Promotes full and equal
business opportunities
Subcontracting opportunity for any procurement with an estimated contract value of
$100,000 or greater. And provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to
remedy disparity in state procurement and contracting.

✔✔Procurement oversight and Delegation Portal (POD) - ✔✔Conducts solicitation
reviews and delegates purchasing authority to state agencies for service solicitations
valued over $100,000
"POD" coordinates with the "CAT"

✔✔Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - ✔✔Review and make recommendations on
solicitations with an estimated value of at least $5 million
CAT reviews recommendations and findings made by the state auditor

✔✔Quality assurance team (QAT) - ✔✔Oversees Major Information Resources Projects
(MIRPS) and associated contracts
Reviews and provides recommendations on contracts to reduce risks of project
overruns and failures of MIRPS

,✔✔Contract Management - ✔✔The term applies to actions taken following contract
execution, including the assessment of risk, verification of contractor performance,
monitoring compliance with deliverable and reporting requirements, enforcement of
contract terms, monitoring and reporting of vendor performance and ensuring that
contract performance and practices are consistent with applicable rules, laws and the
state of Texas procurement and contract management guide

✔✔Contract Development - ✔✔The term applies to actions taken prior to contract
execution including the receipt and processing of requisitions assessment of need,
development and review of specifications, development and review of scopes of work ;
identification and selection of procurement methods, evaluation criteria ; prep and
advertising of solicitation documents, tabulation of respondent bids, evaluation of
respondent proposals, negotiation of proposals and the preparation and completion of
contract award documents.

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: IFB - ✔✔Yes

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: RFQ - ✔✔Yes

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: RFP - ✔✔Yes

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: Managed Contract - ✔✔No

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: Term Contracts - ✔✔No

✔✔If a notice of award must be posted to the ESBD for a contract valued at $25K or
more, in the following: TXMAS Contracts - ✔✔Yes

✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: IFB - ✔✔Yes

✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: RFQ - ✔✔Yes

✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: RFP - ✔✔Yes

, ✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: Managed Contracts - ✔✔No

✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: Term Contracts - ✔✔No

✔✔Weather a solicitation valued at $25k or more must be posted to the electronic state
business daily (ESBD), in the following: TXMAS Contracts - ✔✔No, because it's already
created and has gone through it

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations: Goods
valued at $300k - ✔✔Yes, not automatically by rule

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations: Goods
valued at 10k - ✔✔No, these are one time purchases

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations: Services
valued at $3 Million - ✔✔Yes, and you have to submit to POD

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations:
Emergency Purchases - ✔✔No, delegation of purchasing authority is given by rule

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations: TXMAS
Contracts - ✔✔No, you can just use these.

✔✔Is delegation of purchasing authority needed for the following solicitations: Term
Contracts - ✔✔No

✔✔Innovation or "Solution" from Vendor Responders: IFB
* Basically, are we asking the vendor to create a solution to the problem the Agency
may have? - ✔✔No

✔✔Innovation or "Solution" from Vendor Responders: RFA (grants)
* Basically, are we asking the vendor to create a solution to the problem the Agency
may have? - ✔✔No

✔✔Innovation or "Solution" from Vendor Responders: RFQ
* Basically, are we asking the vendor to create a solution to the problem the Agency
may have? - ✔✔No, note we are paying you for a certain number of hours for your
services.

✔✔Innovation or "Solution" from Vendor Responders: RFP