CTCM TEST PAPER 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Items available between TIBH and TCI rarely overlap, but if they do, it is
recommended to select items from TIBH. ("WorkQuest')
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔TRUE ;
Reason: TCI is a governmental agency so it should always get preference
✔✔The SPD delegates to all state agencies the authority to purchase commodities and
services whose estimated purchase price:
A. Does not exceed $50,000
B. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities and $100,000 for services
C. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities, $100,000 for services and $5,000,000 for
IT items - ✔✔B. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities and $100,000 for services
Reason: (1) SPD delegates the purchasing functions of one-time purchases of goods,
including goods for the resale, which do not exceed $50,000 ; (2) SPD delegates the
purchasing functions of services, including services for resale, the estimated cost of
which does not exceed $100,000
✔✔DIR exemptions are approved in all except:
A. One-Time Exemption Requested through DIR portal.
B. Blanket Exemption from list maintained on DIR website
C. Obtaining approval directly from LBB
D. One-Time expedited exemption requested with statement from head of requesting
state agency. - ✔✔C. Obtaining approval directly from LBB
Reason: LBB is it's own thing. An agency may obtain an exemption or waiver from the
requirement to use a DIR Contract to purchase an IT commodity item in one of three
ways: (1) DIR exemption, (2) LBB approval, or (3) DIR certification. A, B and C of this
multiple choice question all come under the DIR Exemption category which is totally a
separate thing from the LBB approval
✔✔A Direct Publication Purchase consists of all of the following except:
A. Commodity or services only available from the Publisher
B. Back issues of magazines, journals, and newspapers
C. Subscription services for magazines, journals, and newspapers
D. Computer software and software maintenance
E. Hard and electronic Publications produced by professional societies - ✔✔D.
Computer software and software maintenance
Reason: Computer software yes, but maintenance no. Hardware and IT may not be
purchased as a direct publication.
,✔✔The threshold for posting purchases to the ESBD are, Commodities over $25,000
and Services over $100,000.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
Reason: Over $25K for any procurement. Agencies are required to post procurements
with a contract value of more than $25,000 to the ESBD.
✔✔A Request for Proposal (RFP) consist of all of the following except:
A. Is a sealed competitive process
B. Contains a negotiation phase
C. Is similar to the invitation for bid process
D. Includes a best and final offer (BAFO) - ✔✔C. Is similar to the invitation for bid
process
Reason: The IFB does not allow for negotiations and an RFP's products and services
are not necessarilty standardized like an IFB's are; an RFP allows for customized
proposals.
✔✔A specification that focuses on the outcomes or results rather than the process in
which the goods and services are produced are known as Performance Based
Specifications.
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔True
✔✔It is the purchaser or contract developer's responsibility to select the best purchasing
method based on all information concerning the specific purchase. Which of the
following is not an option?
A. Request for Offer
B. Request for Information
C. Invitation for Bid
D. Request for Proposal - ✔✔B. Request for Information
✔✔Key items in a solicitation that must be clear to ensure maximum number of
responsive proposals include all but:
A. Terms and Conditions Required by Statute
B. Best Value Criteria
C. Evaluation Criteria
D. Minimum Qualifications - ✔✔C. Evaluation Criteria
✔✔A purchase is being conducted with the following criteria:
Lots of competition exist and products are standardized and uniform.
Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder providing best value to the State.
Purchase is for product not service. Which is the best purchasing method for this
purchase?
A. Request for Qualifications
B. Invitation for Bid
, C. Request for Proposals
D. Request for Information - ✔✔B. Invitation for Bid (IFB)
✔✔Which does not apply to HUB Subcontracting Plans.
A. Required for all contracts with estimated value of $100,000 or more
B. requires prime contractor to make a good faith effort to include HUB subcontracts in
their proposal
C. Good Faith Effort allows respondents 7 calendar days for HUB responses
D. Subcontracting opportunities consist of materials, supplies equipment and services. -
✔✔B. Requires prime contractor to make a good faith effort to include HUB
subcontracts in their proposal
✔✔Major Information Resources Project are defined as all of the following except:
A. has development costs exceeding $1 million
B. is restricted to submitting agency only
C. requires at least one year to reach operation
D. alters the work methods of state agency personnel or the delivery of services to
clients - ✔✔A. has development costs exceeding $1 million
✔✔Posting a solicitation to the Electronic State Business Daily is required for all
purchases including those that are deemed by the agency to be proprietary to a single
vendor or product.
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔False
✔✔An Invitation for Bid consists of all of the following except:
A. Based on the lowest bid.
B. Must meet the minimum specification
C. Allows for negotiations - ✔✔C. Allows for negotiations
✔✔TXMAS contracts are also known as
A. Texas Multiple Award Schedule contracts
B. Texas Managed Automated Scheduled contracts
C. Texas Mass Awarded Contracts
D. Texas Multiple Available Sourced contracts - ✔✔A. Texas Multiple Award Schedule
contracts
✔✔For a formal solicitation you must solicate which vendors on the CMBL
A. all vendors listed under the identified NIGP code
B. all vendors under the NIGP code that services the identified county, city or highway
district
C. Only 3 vendors under the NIGP code with 2 HUBS
D. only HUB vendors under the NIGP code for that area - ✔✔A. all vendors listed under
the identified NIGP code
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Items available between TIBH and TCI rarely overlap, but if they do, it is
recommended to select items from TIBH. ("WorkQuest')
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔TRUE ;
Reason: TCI is a governmental agency so it should always get preference
✔✔The SPD delegates to all state agencies the authority to purchase commodities and
services whose estimated purchase price:
A. Does not exceed $50,000
B. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities and $100,000 for services
C. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities, $100,000 for services and $5,000,000 for
IT items - ✔✔B. Does not exceed $50,000 for commodities and $100,000 for services
Reason: (1) SPD delegates the purchasing functions of one-time purchases of goods,
including goods for the resale, which do not exceed $50,000 ; (2) SPD delegates the
purchasing functions of services, including services for resale, the estimated cost of
which does not exceed $100,000
✔✔DIR exemptions are approved in all except:
A. One-Time Exemption Requested through DIR portal.
B. Blanket Exemption from list maintained on DIR website
C. Obtaining approval directly from LBB
D. One-Time expedited exemption requested with statement from head of requesting
state agency. - ✔✔C. Obtaining approval directly from LBB
Reason: LBB is it's own thing. An agency may obtain an exemption or waiver from the
requirement to use a DIR Contract to purchase an IT commodity item in one of three
ways: (1) DIR exemption, (2) LBB approval, or (3) DIR certification. A, B and C of this
multiple choice question all come under the DIR Exemption category which is totally a
separate thing from the LBB approval
✔✔A Direct Publication Purchase consists of all of the following except:
A. Commodity or services only available from the Publisher
B. Back issues of magazines, journals, and newspapers
C. Subscription services for magazines, journals, and newspapers
D. Computer software and software maintenance
E. Hard and electronic Publications produced by professional societies - ✔✔D.
Computer software and software maintenance
Reason: Computer software yes, but maintenance no. Hardware and IT may not be
purchased as a direct publication.
,✔✔The threshold for posting purchases to the ESBD are, Commodities over $25,000
and Services over $100,000.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
Reason: Over $25K for any procurement. Agencies are required to post procurements
with a contract value of more than $25,000 to the ESBD.
✔✔A Request for Proposal (RFP) consist of all of the following except:
A. Is a sealed competitive process
B. Contains a negotiation phase
C. Is similar to the invitation for bid process
D. Includes a best and final offer (BAFO) - ✔✔C. Is similar to the invitation for bid
process
Reason: The IFB does not allow for negotiations and an RFP's products and services
are not necessarilty standardized like an IFB's are; an RFP allows for customized
proposals.
✔✔A specification that focuses on the outcomes or results rather than the process in
which the goods and services are produced are known as Performance Based
Specifications.
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔True
✔✔It is the purchaser or contract developer's responsibility to select the best purchasing
method based on all information concerning the specific purchase. Which of the
following is not an option?
A. Request for Offer
B. Request for Information
C. Invitation for Bid
D. Request for Proposal - ✔✔B. Request for Information
✔✔Key items in a solicitation that must be clear to ensure maximum number of
responsive proposals include all but:
A. Terms and Conditions Required by Statute
B. Best Value Criteria
C. Evaluation Criteria
D. Minimum Qualifications - ✔✔C. Evaluation Criteria
✔✔A purchase is being conducted with the following criteria:
Lots of competition exist and products are standardized and uniform.
Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder providing best value to the State.
Purchase is for product not service. Which is the best purchasing method for this
purchase?
A. Request for Qualifications
B. Invitation for Bid
, C. Request for Proposals
D. Request for Information - ✔✔B. Invitation for Bid (IFB)
✔✔Which does not apply to HUB Subcontracting Plans.
A. Required for all contracts with estimated value of $100,000 or more
B. requires prime contractor to make a good faith effort to include HUB subcontracts in
their proposal
C. Good Faith Effort allows respondents 7 calendar days for HUB responses
D. Subcontracting opportunities consist of materials, supplies equipment and services. -
✔✔B. Requires prime contractor to make a good faith effort to include HUB
subcontracts in their proposal
✔✔Major Information Resources Project are defined as all of the following except:
A. has development costs exceeding $1 million
B. is restricted to submitting agency only
C. requires at least one year to reach operation
D. alters the work methods of state agency personnel or the delivery of services to
clients - ✔✔A. has development costs exceeding $1 million
✔✔Posting a solicitation to the Electronic State Business Daily is required for all
purchases including those that are deemed by the agency to be proprietary to a single
vendor or product.
TRUE or FALSE. - ✔✔False
✔✔An Invitation for Bid consists of all of the following except:
A. Based on the lowest bid.
B. Must meet the minimum specification
C. Allows for negotiations - ✔✔C. Allows for negotiations
✔✔TXMAS contracts are also known as
A. Texas Multiple Award Schedule contracts
B. Texas Managed Automated Scheduled contracts
C. Texas Mass Awarded Contracts
D. Texas Multiple Available Sourced contracts - ✔✔A. Texas Multiple Award Schedule
contracts
✔✔For a formal solicitation you must solicate which vendors on the CMBL
A. all vendors listed under the identified NIGP code
B. all vendors under the NIGP code that services the identified county, city or highway
district
C. Only 3 vendors under the NIGP code with 2 HUBS
D. only HUB vendors under the NIGP code for that area - ✔✔A. all vendors listed under
the identified NIGP code
