Section 2155.075. Requirement to Specify Value Factors in Request for Bids or Proposals

TX Govt Code § 2155.075 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 2155.075. REQUIREMENT TO SPECIFY VALUE FACTORS IN REQUEST FOR BIDS OR PROPOSALS. (a) For a purchase made through competitive bidding, the comptroller or other state agency making the purchase must specify in the request for bids the factors other than price that the comptroller or agency will consider in determining which bid offers the best value for the state.

(b) For a purchase made through competitive sealed proposals, the comptroller or other state agency making the purchase:

(1) must specify in the request for proposals the known factors other than price that the comptroller or agency will consider in determining which proposal offers the best value for the state; and

(2) may concurrently inform each vendor that made a proposal on the contract of any additional factors the comptroller or agency will consider in determining which proposal offers the best value for the state if the comptroller or other agency determines after opening the proposals that additional factors not covered under Subdivision (1) are relevant in determining which proposal offers the best value for the state.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.