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All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 CTCD Certified Texas contract developer Questions and / Update / Graded Basic Texas purchased course

Ans: A state agency employee must complete the division's

Texas purchasing course to engage in purchasing functions on

behalf of a state agency if the employee: job title is

"purchased", performs functions as 15% of their duties, makes a purchase in excess of $5k

Certified Texas contract developer

Ans: A state agency employee must be certified as this to

engage in contracts development functions on behalf of a state agency and issue a solicitation or contract award

Solicitations or contract awards are required to be posted on what two

sites:

Ans: ESB electronical business daily and Texas register

Certified Texas Contract Manager

Ans: A state agency employee must be certified as this to

engage in contract management functions on behalf of a state

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agency if the employee: has a job title of "contract manager", if

they perform contract management functions as 50% or more of their job, if the manage any contracts in excess of 5million

What is the statewide procurement division(SPD)?

Ans: is the central authority for state agencies in procurement

for: procurement guidance, education, statewide contract

development services, delegation of purchasing authority.-non IT goods and services

Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach

Ans: -Conduct policy research

-Provide training and certification for procurement professionals -provide the divisions customer service support through the outreach team

Statewide contract development team Ans: Develops statewide contracts for: -state agencies -institution of higher education -local government

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Statewide contract management team Ans: Assist state agencies with: -day to day contract management -contract administration -reporting requirements -vendor performance issues

Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)

Ans: -available application on the SPD web portal

-used for posting solicitation, and awards -solicitations vaulted at $25k+ required to post

Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team (POD)

Ans: -Conducts solicitation reviews

-Delegates purchasing authority to state agencies -Services greater than $100,000 -Greater than $5M+ coordinates reviews of solicitation -CAT members consists of multiple agencies -POD seeks to reduce risk to state agencies with delegating purchasing authority

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Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL)

Ans: -Master database to foster competition between vendors

-CMBL has an essential list, with an additional list that references hub vendors

Bids between $5,000-$25,000

Ans: Require an informal bidding process by which three (3)

Centralired Bidder's tist (CMBL) vendors, two (2) of which Historically Underutilized business(HUB)

Bids over $25,000

Ans: -subject to formal

Bid -all vendors on the CMBL in the relevant industry MUST solicited -the solicitation must be placed on electronic state business daily

Historically underutilized business (HUB)

Ans: -Promotes full and equal business opportunities