Texas Government Code Title 10, Chapter 2261 - State Contracting Standards And Oversight

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 2261.001 - Applicability
  (a) This chapter, other than Subchapter F, applies only to each procurement of goods or services made by a state agency that is neither made...
• Texas Section 2261.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Contract" includes a grant, other than a grant made to a school district or a grant made for other academic purposes,...

SUBCHAPTER B CONTRACTOR SELECTION

• Texas Section 2261.003 - Open Market Purchases
  This chapter does not require a state agency to purchase a good or service under contract if the agency is authorized under other law to...
• Texas Section 2261.051 - Competitive Contractor Selection Procedures
  Each state agency shall assess its contractor selection procedures and use competitive selection procedures to the greatest extent possible when selecting contractors. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 2261.052 - Determining Lowest And Best Bid Or Proposal
  (a) In determining the lowest and best bid or proposal, a state agency shall consider: (1) the vendor's price to provide the good or service;...

SUBCHAPTER C CONTRACT PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 2261.053 - Prohibition On Certain Bids And Contracts
  (a) In this section: (1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004. (2) "Hurricane Katrina" means the hurricane of that name that struck the...
• Texas Section 2261.101 - Remedies And Sanctions Schedules
  (a) Each state agency shall create and incorporate in each of its contracts for goods or services that are subject to this chapter a remedies...

SUBCHAPTER D PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT METHODS

• Texas Section 2261.102 - Liability Insurance Coverage Required
  Each state agency shall, when feasible, include provisions in each of its contracts for goods or services that are subject to this chapter that require...

SUBCHAPTER E CONTRACTOR OVERSIGHT

• Texas Section 2261.151 - Reevaluation Of Payment And Reimbursement Rates
  (a) To ensure that its payment and reimbursement methods and rates are appropriate, each state agency that makes procurements to which this chapter applies shall...
• Texas Section 2261.201 - Double-billing
  Each state agency that makes procurements to which this chapter applies shall design and implement procedures to detect and report double-billing by contractors. Added by...
• Texas Section 2261.202 - Contract Monitoring Responsibilities
  As one of its contract management policies, each state agency that makes procurements to which this chapter applies shall establish and adopt by rule a...

SUBCHAPTER F ETHICS, REPORTING, AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS

• Texas Section 2261.203 - Comparable Costs
  Each state agency that makes procurements to which this chapter applies shall monitor performance under a contract to verify that comparable costs are being charged...
• Texas Section 2261.251 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 2261.001, this subchapter applies to the Texas Department of Transportation and to an institution of higher education acquiring goods or services under...
• Texas Section 2261.252 - Disclosure Of Potential Conflicts Of Interest; Certain Contracts Prohibited
  (a) Each state agency employee or official who is involved in procurement or in contract management for a state agency shall disclose to the agency...
• Texas Section 2261.253 - Required Posting Of Certain Contracts; Enhanced Contract And Performance Monitoring
  (a) For each contract for the purchase of goods or services from a private vendor, each state agency shall post on its Internet website: (1)...
• Texas Section 2261.254 - Contracts With Value Exceeding $1 Million
  Sec. 2261.254. CONTRACTS WITH VALUE EXCEEDING $1 MILLION. (a) For each contract for the purchase of goods or services that has a value exceeding $1...
• Texas Section 2261.255 - Contracts With Value Exceeding $5 Million
  Sec. 2261.255. CONTRACTS WITH VALUE EXCEEDING $5 MILLION. For each state agency contract for the purchase of goods or services that has a value exceeding...
• Texas Section 2261.256 - Accountability And Risk Analysis Procedure; Contract Management Handbook
  (a) Each state agency shall develop and comply with a purchasing accountability and risk analysis procedure. The procedure must provide for: (1) assessing the risk...
• Texas Section 2261.257 - Contract Database
  (a) Each state agency that becomes a participant in the centralized accounting and payroll systems as authorized by Sections 2101.035 and 2101.036 shall use the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016