Sec. 2254.029. PUBLICATION IN TEXAS REGISTER BEFORE ENTERING INTO MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT. (a) Not later than the 30th day before the date it enters into a major consulting services contract, a state agency shall file with the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register:
(1) an invitation for consultants to provide offers of consulting services;
(2) the name of the individual who should be contacted by a consultant that intends to make an offer;
(3) the closing date for the receipt of offers; and
(4) the procedure by which the state agency will award the contract.
(b) If the consulting services sought by a state agency relate to services previously provided by a consultant, the agency shall disclose that fact in the invitation required by Subsection (a). If the state agency intends to award the contract for the consulting services to a consultant that previously provided the services, unless a better offer is received, the agency shall disclose its intention in the invitation required by Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 1997.
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