The department shall compile and maintain a list of commodity items available for purchase through the department. The department shall make the list available on the department's website.

1. (1) For a contract with a value of no more than $50,000, the state agency may directly award the contract to a vendor or reseller included in the category to which the contract relates without submission of a price request to other vendors in the same category;
2. (2) For a contract with a value of more than $50,000 but not more than $150,000, the state agency must submit a request for pricing to at least three vendors or resellers included in the category to which the contract relates or all vendors in the category;
3. (3) For a contract with a value of more than $150,000 but not more than $1 million, the state agency must submit a request for pricing to at least six vendors or resellers included in the category to which the contract relates or all vendors in the category if the category has fewer than six vendors; and
4. (4) Prior to issuing a solicitation for a commodity item that is estimated to exceed $1 million the state agency may request pricing from six vendors or resellers in the category in order to document qualification for the blanket exemption for purchases over $1 million.

Source Note:The provisions of this §212.11 adopted to be effective September 22, 2005, 30 TexReg 5948; amended to be effective November 17, 2011, 36 TexReg 7662; amended to be effective November 23, 2015, 40 TexReg 8195.