CTCD 114 Exam Questions
What is a "spot" purchase? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Purchases of
$10,000 or less
What is SPD delegation by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Purchases that do not require SPD approval
- Spot purchases
- One time purchase of goods at $50,000 or less
- Purchases of services of $100,000 or less
What are some examples of purchases delegated by rule? - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️Direct Publications
Memberships
Perishable goods
Distributor purchases
,Fuel/Oil/Grease
Internal Repair
Emergency Purchases
Is a Notice of Award or posting to ESBD required for purchases
delegated by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️No NOA
Post to ESBD for 1 day
Where is the delegation request to SPD sent for Goods > $50,000? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️SPD's Open Market Requisition (OMR)
Email address for up to 30 days.
Where is the delegation request to SPD sent for Service >$100,000? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️POD Portal
True or False: For solicitations requiring delegated authority, a letter of
delegation can be obtained AFTER posting to the ESBD. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️False
,For a one-time purchase of generators at $30,000, do you have
automatic delegation by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Yes
To repair busted pipes at $128,000, do you have automatic delegation
by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Yes.
-Several quotes
- 1-2 days on ESBD
- Audit likely
- Post Notice of Award
Delegation by Rule - True or False: Service for vending machines at
$80,000 + $10,000 optional renewal for 3 years. - Correct Answer ✔
️✔️False
Delegation by Rule - True or False: Solicitation for goods at $85,000
because couldn't find the good in TxSmartBuy and agency management
has approved purchase. If false, where does the solicitation go next? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️False. OMR
, Proprietary Purchases - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Purchase of goods
or services of a specialized nature, that may be made or marketed by a
person having the exclusive right to make or sell them.
Sole source Proprietary Purchase - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Only
one vendor can provide what your project needs to purchase. Examples
include a specific consultant, specialized service, or unique type of
material.
Competitive Proprietary Purchase - Correct Answer ✔️✔️A
product or service is available for purchase through more than one
vendor.
What factors should be considered when determining best value? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Price
Meets specs?
Installation cost
Quality
What is a "spot" purchase? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Purchases of
$10,000 or less
What is SPD delegation by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Purchases that do not require SPD approval
- Spot purchases
- One time purchase of goods at $50,000 or less
- Purchases of services of $100,000 or less
What are some examples of purchases delegated by rule? - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️Direct Publications
Memberships
Perishable goods
Distributor purchases
,Fuel/Oil/Grease
Internal Repair
Emergency Purchases
Is a Notice of Award or posting to ESBD required for purchases
delegated by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️No NOA
Post to ESBD for 1 day
Where is the delegation request to SPD sent for Goods > $50,000? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️SPD's Open Market Requisition (OMR)
Email address for up to 30 days.
Where is the delegation request to SPD sent for Service >$100,000? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️POD Portal
True or False: For solicitations requiring delegated authority, a letter of
delegation can be obtained AFTER posting to the ESBD. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️False
,For a one-time purchase of generators at $30,000, do you have
automatic delegation by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Yes
To repair busted pipes at $128,000, do you have automatic delegation
by rule? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Yes.
-Several quotes
- 1-2 days on ESBD
- Audit likely
- Post Notice of Award
Delegation by Rule - True or False: Service for vending machines at
$80,000 + $10,000 optional renewal for 3 years. - Correct Answer ✔
️✔️False
Delegation by Rule - True or False: Solicitation for goods at $85,000
because couldn't find the good in TxSmartBuy and agency management
has approved purchase. If false, where does the solicitation go next? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️False. OMR
, Proprietary Purchases - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Purchase of goods
or services of a specialized nature, that may be made or marketed by a
person having the exclusive right to make or sell them.
Sole source Proprietary Purchase - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Only
one vendor can provide what your project needs to purchase. Examples
include a specific consultant, specialized service, or unique type of
material.
Competitive Proprietary Purchase - Correct Answer ✔️✔️A
product or service is available for purchase through more than one
vendor.
What factors should be considered when determining best value? -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️Price
Meets specs?
Installation cost
Quality
