Section 20.562 - Certification of Vendor Assessment(a) Before a state agency may award a contract to a vendor, the agency's procurement director must review the process and all documents used by the agency to assess each vendor who responded to the solicitation. This requirement applies only to a procurement of goods and services to which Government Code, § 2261.0525 applies.(b) A state agency's procurement director may delegate to a person in the agency's procurement office the authority to review and certify the assessment process and documents under Government Code, § 2261.0525(a) under the following conditions: (1) the agency's procurement division has a documented system for ensuring the quality of the vendor assessment process, including the quality of documents used to calculate and record the scoring of vendors;(2) the delegation is in writing; and(3) the delegated person: (A) is not the primary contract manager or contract developer for the contract;(B) is in a position in the agency's procurement office that is at least equal to the position of contract manager;(C) is a Certified Texas Contract Manager or Certified Texas Contract Developer under § 20.133 of this title (relating to Training and Certification Program), holds a predecessor certification under a previous version of that rule, or is an attorney or certified public accountant licensed to practice in Texas; and(D) has signed all conflict of interest or nepotism forms required for a contract developer for the particular contract.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.562
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 16, April 17, 2020, TexReg 2566, eff. 4/26/2020