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TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - answerState tax collector and
treasury
State accountant
Revenue estimation and forecast
Purchasing support and procurement oversight
Statewide term contracts for use by over 200 state agencies and universities
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TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - answer✔✔State tax collector and
treasury
State accountant
Revenue estimation and forecast
Purchasing support and procurement oversight
Statewide term contracts for use by over 200 state agencies and universities
Purchaser Role: - answer✔✔The term refers purchasing to the mechanical or administrative
process of how goods and services are ordered.
Contract Developer Role: - answer✔✔This term applies to all the actions taken prior to contract
execution and the preparation and completion of contract award documents
Contract Manager Role: - answer✔✔This term applies to actions taken following contract
execution and ensuring contract performance and practices are consistent with rules and Texas
laws
Fundamentals of Procurement - answer✔✔Fairness, Transparency
Best Value for the State
Own the Mission
Good Steward of Public Funds
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) does - answer✔✔Delegates purchasing authority to state
agencies of non-IT goods and services
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - answer✔✔Procurement Policy and Outreach
Contract Development
Contract Management
Historically Underutilized Business
Statewide Fleet, Travel, and Mail
Procurement Policy and Outreach - answer✔✔Training and Policy Development
Outreach
Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD)
Training and Policy Development - answer✔✔Develops and administers BTP, CTCD and
CTCM training
Provides continuing education courses required for maintenance of certifications
Conducts policy research and clarification
Outreach - answer✔✔Provides customer support for:
Texas SmartBuy support and membership
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL)
Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) - answer✔✔Performs reviews of service
solicitations over $100K (30 days) and delegates purchasing authority
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) review - answer✔✔$5Million or greater
Contract Development - answer✔✔Develops Term, Managed, and TXMAS contracts
Performs reviews for solicitations for goods over $50K (30 days) via open market requisitions
(OMR) and approves delegation of purchasing authority
open.market@cpa.Texas.gov
Contract Management - answer✔✔Assists state agencies, higher education institutions, Texas
SmartBuy Members, and contractors with:
day-to-day contract management
contract administration
reporting requirements
vendor performance issues related to statewide contracts
Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB) - answer✔✔Certifies Texas-based vendors
as HUBs = Minority-owned, woman-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned
Contract Developers or purchasers must make a good faith effort to identify HUB subcontracting
opportunities when the contract value is $100,000 or greater.
StatewideHUBProgram@cpa.texas.gov
HUB = 100K+ (2 of 3)
Statewide Fleet, Travel and Mail - answer✔✔Office of Vehicle Fleet Management:
Statewide Travel Management Program:
Statewide Mail Operations:
Statewide Travel Management Program - answer✔✔Provides travel services contracts: required
for state agencies and available to TX SmartBuy members
Agency Submissions and Documents Required by Statute - answer✔✔Agency Procurement Plan
Agency Contract Management Handbook:
HUB Program Reports
Agency Contract Management Procedures
Agency Procurement Plan: - answer✔✔Identifies management controls and purchasing oversight
authority in accordance with the policy guidance contained in the Guide
DUE NOVEMBER 30TH
Agency Contract Management Handbook: - answer✔✔Establishes consistent contracting
policies and practices
May include standard contract provisions and formats
HUB Program Reports - answer✔✔Each agency must submit its HUB expenditures to the
Statewide HUB program for inclusion in the HUB Report.
Agency Contract Management Procedures - answer✔✔Must provide for:
The assessment of the risk of fraud, waste and abuse in all agency contracts
The identification of contracts that require enhanced contract monitoring
The establishment of clear levels of purchasing accountability and staff responsibilities related to
purchasing.
The agency posts on the agency's website and sends to: spd.policy@cpa.Texas.gov to post on the
Comptroller's website.
Which Texas agency provides purchasing support and procurement oversight? -
answer✔✔Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA)
Which SPD team promotes equal business opportunities to remedy disparity in state
procurement? - answer✔✔Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
Are the Agency Contract Management Procedures only important for Contract Managers to
know? - answer✔✔No, the Contract Developers also need to know their agency processes and
procedures.
Which SPD team provides customer support for Texas SmartBuy and other applications used by
state agencies? - answer✔✔Outreach
Who creates the statewide term contracts within SPD? - answer✔✔Contract Development Team
Applications Supported by SPD - answer✔✔Texas SmartBuy
ESBD
CMBL
VPTS
Texas SmartBuy - answer✔✔the State's central eProcurement system for non-IT goods and
services.
Agencies and local governments utilize the web-based ordering system to access hundreds of
competitively bid and awarded state contracts.
Think of Amazon
Programs within Texas SmartBuy - answer✔✔ESBD
CMBL
VPTS
Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) - answer✔✔Used to post solicitations to inform
potential vendors of contracting opportunities and provides public notice of awards,
This helps increase competition, reduces costs to the state, and provides transparency.
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