Sec. 2054.119. BIDS OR PROPOSALS FOR INTERAGENCY CONTRACTS. (a) A state agency may not enter into an interagency contract for the receipt of information resources technologies, including a contract with the department, unless the agency complies with this section.
(b) A state agency that proposes to receive information resources technologies under a contract with another state agency must first give public notice of a request for proposals or a request for bids.
(c) A state agency may not enter into an interagency contract to receive information resources technologies if the agency receives a bid or proposal under Subsection (b) under which the agency can receive the same or substantially the same technologies from a private vendor for less than the cost that would be incurred by the agency under the interagency contract. If a bid or proposal is received under Subsection (b) that would allow the agency to accomplish the application or project at an acceptable level of quality and for an acceptable period for a total cost to the state of less than the total cost to the state of the best proposed interagency contract, as that cost is determined by the department, a contract for the accomplishment of the application or project shall be awarded to the bidder with the lowest and best bid or to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the state as determined from competitive sealed proposals.
(d) The department by rule may define circumstances in which certain interagency contracts that will cost less than a minimum amount established by the department are excepted from the requirements of this section or this chapter, if the department determines that it would be more cost-effective for the state.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.26(l), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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