CTCM Exam Prep (May 2024) Questions and Answers (Success)
Contract Value - ✔️✔️the initial value of the contract, plus any amendments, renewals and
extensions for the contract's full existence.
A contract with an initial value of $2 million, with three (3) optional, annual renewals of the
same amount. What is the contract value? - ✔️✔️8 Million
SPD - ✔️✔️entity that delegates purchasing authority to state agencies for non-IT goods and
services.
Purchasing Authority - ✔️✔️ability of an agency to purchase goods and services using state funds
Delegation of Purchasing Authority - ✔️✔️Assigning purchasing authority to an agency.
Statewide Contract Development Team - ✔️✔️Develops and administers over 250 statewide
contracts representing several thousand-line items of products/services
Develops Term, Managed, and TXMAS contracts
Processes open market requisitions on behalf of state agencies, universities, and more than
1,600+ Texas SmartBuy members
Statewide Contract Management Team assists with - ✔️✔️Day to day contract management
Managing Term, Managed and TXMAS Contracts
Contract administration
Reporting requirements
Vendor performance issues
Office of Vehicle & Fleet Management - ✔️✔️Assists state agencies in managing their vehicle
fleet
StatewideTravelManagementProgram: - ✔️✔️Manages travel expenditures, monitors travel
activity, and provides discounted travel services
Statewide Mail Operations: - ✔️✔️Processes approximately 14-17K pieces of mail per day
Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) - ✔️✔️Provides opportunities to
disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in state procurement contracting.
Women owned
Minority Owned
Service Disabled Businesses
Subcontracting opportunity for any procurement with an estimated contract value of $100,000 or
greater. - ✔️✔️You will most likely be working with a HUB
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - ✔️✔️the central authority for state agencies for
procurement guidance, education, statewide contract development services, and delegation of
purchasing authority.
Training & Policy Development - ✔️✔️Conducts policy research and provides training and
certification for procurement professionals.
Outreach - ✔️✔️Provides the customer support for procurement inquiries for the below programs:
Texas SmartBuy,
Texas SmartBuy Membership Program, Texas Purchasing from People with Disabilities,
Electronic State Business Daily Centralized Master Bidders List
Vendor Performance Tracking System
Procurement Oversight and Delegation Portal (POD) - ✔️✔️Conducts solicitation reviews and
delegates purchasing authority to state agencies for service solicitations valued over $100,000
POD coordinates with the Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Interagency Oversight Teams - ✔️✔️Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team
(QAT)
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - ✔️✔️Section of SPD that reviews solicitations worth $5Million+
and consists of representatives from multiple agencies.
Solicitations that require CAT review must be submitted through the POD portal
Reviews may take up to 30 days to complete.
Expedited reviews dependent on SAO Enhanced Contract Monitoring ranking.
Quality Assurance Team (QAT) - ✔️✔️Oversees Major Information Resources Projects (MIRPs)
and associated contracts. $10 MILLION
QAT reviews: - ✔️✔️Project plans
Procurement plan/Acquisition Plan (> $10 million)
Proposed contract terms (> $10 million)
Partially executed contracts (> $10 million)
Applications Supported by SPD - ✔️✔️VPTS
TXMAS
Texas Smart Buy
CMBL
Texas SmartBuy Online Ordering System (Amazon) - ✔️✔️Statewide Contracts for non-IT goods
and services:
Set-Aside (TCI & WorkQuest)
Term contracts
Managed contracts
TXMAS contracts
Use keywords, NIGP class/item codes, and other information to search for goods and services.
Not accessible to public
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) (Craigslist) - ✔️✔️The state's online directory used for
posting solicitations for the purposes of informing vendors of procurement opportunities and
providing public notice of contract awards
Solicitations and Notices of Awards for contracts over $25,000 are required to be posted on the
ESBD.
Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL) - ✔️✔️Online directory that provides public
procurement professionals the ability to foster competition between vendors.
Over $10,000 - $25,000 = Must solicit three active vendors on the CMBL (two HUB).
Over $25,000 = Must solicit all eligible vendors on the list that serves the geographic region.
A copy of the bid list (with date) must be placed in the procurement file.
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