Bill Text: TX HB3823 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a vendor to provide certain consultation to a state agency regarding the agency's purchase of goods and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB3823 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3823-Introduced.html
By: Biedermann | H.B. No. 3823 |
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relating to authorizing a vendor to provide certain consultation to | ||
a state agency regarding the agency's purchase of goods and | ||
services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2155.004(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Section 2155.0041, a [ |
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agency may not accept a bid or award a contract that includes | ||
proposed financial participation by a person who received | ||
compensation from the agency to participate in preparing the | ||
specifications or request for proposals on which the bid or | ||
contract is based. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2155.0041 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2155.0041. AUTHORIZED CONSULTATION WITH CERTAIN | ||
VENDORS. (a) A state agency may consult with an expert, | ||
consultant, manufacturer, service provider, or public or private | ||
research institution to determine trends in technology and markets, | ||
to perform pilot and proof of concept projects, to perform testing | ||
and evaluation, to develop solutions to potential threats and | ||
problems, and to determine options for the procurement of goods or | ||
services in the following areas: | ||
(1) counterterrorism; | ||
(2) border security; | ||
(3) law enforcement officer safety; and | ||
(4) emergency response. | ||
(b) A person who consults with a state agency as authorized | ||
by Subsection (a) is not prohibited from entering into a contract | ||
with that state agency to provide a good or service that relates to | ||
the consultation unless the consultation relates to a pending | ||
request for proposal. | ||
(c) A state agency may make a purchase relating to a topic | ||
described by Subsection (a) under the procedures prescribed for an | ||
emergency purchase by the agency under Section 2155.137, except | ||
that the state agency is not required to prepare a letter of | ||
justification for the emergency purchase as required by comptroller | ||
rule. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |