CTCD Test | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: Vendor Performance Tracking System def
A: A contractor's performance must be reported to this system once a contract with a value
over $25k is completed or otherwise terminated
Q2: Texas SmartBuy def
A: The State's eProcurement system for non
IT goods and services.
Q3: Policy and Outreach def
A: Conducts policy research, training and certification and customer support services.
Q4: Statewide Mail Operations def
A: Provides state agencies and universities a variety of mail operations services
Q5: Statewide Contract Management Team def
A: Manages statewide term, managed, and TXMAS contracts for use by state agencies
Q6: Statewide Travel Management Program def
A: Manage travel expenditures, monitor travel activity, and provide discounted travel
services, institutions of higher education, and eligible TXSmartBuy members.
Q7: Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) def
A: Establishes and manages the state vehicle reporting system, assist state agencies and
institutions of higher education with the management of their fleet vehicles
Q8: Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) def
A: Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state
procurement and contracting
Q9: Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
A: State's online system used for posting solicitations for the purpose of informing vendors
of procurement opportunities and providing public notice of contract awards
,Q10: Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) def
A: Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated service contract valued over $100k
Q11: Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) def
A: An online directory that provides public procurement professionals the ability to foster
competition between vendors
Q12: Agency Procurement Plans def
A: This plan must be submitted by Nov. 30th annually to SPD for potential contract
consolidation
Q13: Statewide Contract Development Team def
A: Develops Statewide Term, managed, and TXMAS contracts that offer a broad range of
goods and services to state agencies.
Q14: Are negotiations permitted in TXMAS Contracts?
A: Yes
Q15: Are negotiations permitted in SetAside Program goods?
A: No
Q16: Are negotiations permitted in Managed Contracts?
A: No
Q17: Are negotiations permitted in Request for Proposals?
A: Yes
Q18: Are cost negotiations permitted in Request for Qualifications?
A: Yes
Q19: Are negotiations permitted in Invitations for Bid?
A: No *unless there is only one qualified bidder
, Q20: Does an RFO provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: Yes
Q21: Does a Request for Application provide solutions to a problem the agency may have? (ex. grants)
A: No
Q22: Does a Request for Proposal provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: Yes
Q23: Does a Request for Qualification provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: No
Q24: Does an invitation for bid provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: No
Q25: Does a TXMAS solicitation at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q26: Does a Term Contract at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q27: Does a Managed Contract at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q28: Does a Request for proposal at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: Yes
Q29: Does a Request for Qualification at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: Yes
Q1: Vendor Performance Tracking System def
A: A contractor's performance must be reported to this system once a contract with a value
over $25k is completed or otherwise terminated
Q2: Texas SmartBuy def
A: The State's eProcurement system for non
IT goods and services.
Q3: Policy and Outreach def
A: Conducts policy research, training and certification and customer support services.
Q4: Statewide Mail Operations def
A: Provides state agencies and universities a variety of mail operations services
Q5: Statewide Contract Management Team def
A: Manages statewide term, managed, and TXMAS contracts for use by state agencies
Q6: Statewide Travel Management Program def
A: Manage travel expenditures, monitor travel activity, and provide discounted travel
services, institutions of higher education, and eligible TXSmartBuy members.
Q7: Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) def
A: Establishes and manages the state vehicle reporting system, assist state agencies and
institutions of higher education with the management of their fleet vehicles
Q8: Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) def
A: Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state
procurement and contracting
Q9: Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
A: State's online system used for posting solicitations for the purpose of informing vendors
of procurement opportunities and providing public notice of contract awards
,Q10: Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) def
A: Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated service contract valued over $100k
Q11: Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) def
A: An online directory that provides public procurement professionals the ability to foster
competition between vendors
Q12: Agency Procurement Plans def
A: This plan must be submitted by Nov. 30th annually to SPD for potential contract
consolidation
Q13: Statewide Contract Development Team def
A: Develops Statewide Term, managed, and TXMAS contracts that offer a broad range of
goods and services to state agencies.
Q14: Are negotiations permitted in TXMAS Contracts?
A: Yes
Q15: Are negotiations permitted in SetAside Program goods?
A: No
Q16: Are negotiations permitted in Managed Contracts?
A: No
Q17: Are negotiations permitted in Request for Proposals?
A: Yes
Q18: Are cost negotiations permitted in Request for Qualifications?
A: Yes
Q19: Are negotiations permitted in Invitations for Bid?
A: No *unless there is only one qualified bidder
, Q20: Does an RFO provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: Yes
Q21: Does a Request for Application provide solutions to a problem the agency may have? (ex. grants)
A: No
Q22: Does a Request for Proposal provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: Yes
Q23: Does a Request for Qualification provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: No
Q24: Does an invitation for bid provide solutions to a problem the agency may have?
A: No
Q25: Does a TXMAS solicitation at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q26: Does a Term Contract at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q27: Does a Managed Contract at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: No
Q28: Does a Request for proposal at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: Yes
Q29: Does a Request for Qualification at $25k or more need to be posted to ESBD?
A: Yes
