34 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.206 - Procurement Methods
(a) To procure
goods or services, a state agency may use the following procurement methods as
further prescribed by this subchapter:
(1)
competitive sealed bidding;
(2)
competitive sealed proposals;
(3)
proprietary purchases;
(4)
emergency procurements;
(5) small
purchases;
(6) requests for offers;
or
(7) purchases by means of
special contracting methods as otherwise specified in this
subchapter.
(b) In
addition to the methods described in subsection (a) of this section, a state
agency may use any other method of procurement authorized by statute.
(c) Whenever possible, purchases are based on
competitive bids.
(d) Negotiation
of contracts, including price, is permitted for:
(1) purchases by means of competitive sealed
proposals;
(2) proprietary
purchases or purchases of items for which there is only one source of
supply;
(3) emergency purchases
when there is insufficient time to solicit bids;
(4) purchases by means of requests for
offers; and
(5) proposed purchases
in circumstances where the competitive solicitation has been advertised but the
state agency has received only one acceptable bid, or no acceptable bids;
provided, however, such negotiation may not result in a material change to the
advertised specifications.
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