Certified Texas Contract Manager Exam
Questions and Answers (CTCM Study
Guide)
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - -The central authority for state
agencies for procurement guidance, education, statewide contract
development services, and delegation of purchasing authority. Assists its
statewide government customers with all stages of the procurement cycle.
- Policy and Outreach - -Conducts policy research, training and certification
customer service support services.
- Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management - -A broad
range of contracts for commodities and services.
- Contract Advisory Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD) Program - -
Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority
for an anticipated contract value of $100,000 or greater.
- Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - -Consist of multiple agencies. Solicitations
with a value greater than $1 million to $5 million.
- Centralized Master Bidder's List (CMBL) - -Master database for Texas
procurement professionals.
- No - -Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with the State of
Texas?
- Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program - -Provides
opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in
state procurement contracting.
- 11.2% - -Heavy construction other than building contracts.
- 21.1% - -Any building construction, including general contracts and
operative builders contracts.
- 32.9% - -All special trade construction contracts.
- 23.7% - -Professional services contracts.
- 26.0% - -All other service contracts
- 21.1% - -Commodities contracts
, - Office of Vehicle Fleet Management (OVFM) - -Manages and assist
agencies with their vehicles.
- State Travel Management Program (STMP) - -Manages travel expenditures,
including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel agencies.
- Statewide Mail Operations - -Provides state agencies and universities a
variety of mail operations services.
- Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) - -A web portal to post solicitations
and learn of contract awards.
- Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System - -Statewide contracts procured
and managed by SPD must use a purchase order through this system.
- Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS) - -Use this statutorily
required method of reporting vendors once contracts are completed.
- Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) - -Contracts to supplement the
term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD.
- Agency Procurement Plans - -Due annually to the comptrollers office by
Nov 30th. Collected for information on delegated purchases and determines
if there are any possible gains with consolidating all the purchases together.
- Conflicts of Interest - -The possibility of influence by a personal or financial
interest, and the potential benefit to the employee is undefined.
- First Degree (Consanguinity) - -Parent or Child
- Second Degree (Consanguinity) - -Grandparent, grandchild, brother or
sister
- Third Degree (Consanguinity) - -Great grandparent, great grandchild,
uncle or aunt, niece or nephew
- Nepotism - -A form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of
using one's position to favor a relative. Form must be completed if contract is
$1M+.
- Disclosure of Interested Parties (1295 Form) - -Monitors businesses whose
agency has entered into a contractual agreement. Businesses with a contract
of $1M in value are required to submit a what before entering into a
contract?
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