CTCD CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGER EXAM

CTCD CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGER EXAM (

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In the revolving door restrictions how long must a former employee be restricted from being employed by a vendor; and how long must an former executive office be restricted from being employed by a vendor?

• ---Answers----2 years for former employee and 4 years for former

executive. (p. APP33)

True or False: It is a best practice to get a nepotism form signed for a

contract that is approximately $850,000? - ---Answers----True:

although procurements with a value of $1 million dollars are required to have a nepotism form signed, a solicitation that is slightly lower and close to the $1 million dollar may go over a million after bid proposals come in and negotiations are done. (pg 73)

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Sole Source Proprietary purchase?

• back issue of a magazine available from only the publisher
• name brand specific office supplies such as Swingline stapler
• educational conference available from only the conference sponsor
• patented items or copyrighted materials, which are only available

from the patent or copyright holder - ---Answers----b. name brand specific office supplies such as Swingline stapler (p.20)

To what agency do you report fraud, waste and abuse? - ---Answers--- -State Auditor's Office (SAO)

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If you wanted to purchase notebooks, which procurement method would you use? - ---Answers----Invitation for Bids (IFB) (p. 30)

If you wanted to procure contracts for the use of grant money, which procurement method would you use? - ---Answers----Request for Applications (RFA) (p. 45)

If you wanted to procure IT commodities, which procurement method

would you use? - ---Answers----Request for Offers (RFO): RFOs are

intended as the designated, primary purchasing method for procuring AIS other than under DIR's IT commodity program. (p. 37)

True or False: State Agency's are allowed to negotiate IFBs? - ---

Answers----False: negotiations are not permitted by the competitive

bidding procurement method, however, if there is only one qualified bidder then the contract developer may negotiate with the sole bidder, including price, provided that negotiations do not result in a material change of the specifications. (p. 30)

When preparing your solicitation, what should you be assuring when developing the timeline dates of the procurement? - ---Answers---- Appropriate Procurement Lead Time (p. 46)

Texas law mandates that contract awards may only be made to responsive vendors providing what? - ---Answers----Best Value to the State (p. 15)

What procurement method is required by statute when procuring professional services?

• RFQ
• RFA 2 / 3

• RFO
• RFI - ---Answers----a. RFQ

When procuring professional services, what factors are you looking for?

• Competence, qualifications, experience, and price
• Competence, past performances, price, and delivery time
• Qualifications, past performances, skills, and price
• Competence, qualifications, past performances, skills, and

experience - ---Answers----d. Competence, qualifications, past performances, skills, and experience (p. 38) (p. 45)

What are the drawbacks of Proprietary Purchases?

• purchase is subject to close scrutiny
• limits and discourages competition
• requires justification documentation
• all of the above - ---Answers----e. all of the above (p.21)

Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL) - ---Answers----master database to foster competition between vendors, has an essential list, with an additional list that references HUBs

Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) - ---Answers----provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state procurement contracting; subcontracting is probable in solicitations valued at 100K or greater

State Travel Management Program (STMP) - ---Answers----contracts travel services for state agencies, institutions of higher education, TX

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