Sec. 2155.007. PROCUREMENT COORDINATION COMMITTEE. (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Information Resources.
(b) The department and the comptroller shall establish a committee composed of essential personnel of the department and the comptroller to:
(1) identify:
(A) areas of overlap in the procurement functions of the department and the comptroller and methods to avoid duplication of services;
(B) mutually beneficial contracting and procurement methodologies, data collection and management techniques, and customer relations management;
(C) opportunities for collaboration on procurement functions that would benefit the state or other customers; and
(D) opportunities for consolidation of administrative or other functions to improve customer service and reduce operating costs; and
(2) develop:
(A) a standardized method for the department and the comptroller to:
(i) collect and analyze spending data relating to procurement contracts; and
(ii) benchmark and quantitatively measure cost savings and increased administrative efficiency resulting from collaboration and cooperative purchasing; and
(B) strategies that encourage coordination between the department and the comptroller relating to procurement functions.
(c) The committee may appoint advisory members as appropriate to assist the committee.
(c-1) The committee shall report to the Sunset Advisory Commission the committee's findings under Subsection (b). The committee shall file a first report on September 1, 2015, that covers the two-year period preceding that date. The committee shall file a second report on September 1, 2017, that covers the two-year period preceding that date.
(c-2) The department and the comptroller shall publish the reports required under Subsection (c-1) on the department's and the comptroller's Internet websites.
(c-3) In addition to the reports required under Subsection (c-1), the department and the comptroller shall include the analysis prescribed by Subsection (b) in a report filed under Section 325.007. For purposes of this subsection, the comptroller shall file a report as required by Section 325.007, but only to the extent required by Section 2151.0041(a).
(c-4) This subsection and Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) expire October 1, 2019.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 2472), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.
Last modified: September 28, 2016