Section 20.507 - 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) each contract the agency enters into, including contracts entered into without inviting, advertising for, or otherwise requiring competitive bidding before selection of the contractor, until the contract expires or is completed; (2) the statutory or other authority under which a contract that is not competitively bid under paragraph (1) of this subsection is entered into without compliance with competitive bidding procedures; and (3) the request for proposals related to a competitively bid contract included under paragraph (1) of this subsection until the contract expires or is completed. (b) A state agency may post contracts described by subsection (a) of this section that are valued at less than $15,000 once a month. (c) Each state agency by rule shall establish a procedure to identify each contract that requires enhanced contract or performance monitoring and submit information on the contract to the agency's governing body or, if the agency is not governed by a multimember governing body, the officer who governs the agency. The agency's contract management office or procurement director shall immediately notify the agency's governing body or governing official, as appropriate, of any serious issue or risk that is identified with respect to a contract monitored under this subsection. (d) This section does not apply to a memorandum of understanding, interagency contract, interlocal agreement, or contract for which there is not a cost.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.507
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 03, January 20, 2017, TexReg 240, eff. 1/24/2017