Bill Text: TX SB65 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB65-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB65-Introduced.html
By: Nelson | S.B. No. 65 | |
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relating to state contracting and procurement. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 321, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding 321.024 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 321.024 MONITORING ASSESSMENT (a) Prior to September | ||
1st of each year the State Auditor shall consider available | ||
documentation collected by the Office such as: | ||
(1) Results from audits; | ||
(2) Results from agency internal audits; | ||
(3) Results from post payment audits; | ||
(4) Feedback from Quality Assurance Team monitoring; | ||
(5) Feedback from CAT review of solicitations; | ||
(6) Feedback from Legislative Budget Board | ||
monitoring; | ||
(7) Applicable results from Sunset Reviews; | ||
(8) Self-reported improvements agencies have made to | ||
contracting systems; | ||
(9) Additional internal analysis provided by the | ||
agency. | ||
(b) Using the acquired documentation the State Auditor | ||
shall assign one of the following ratings to the 25 largest state | ||
agencies by appropriation amount: | ||
(1) Needs additional monitoring during the identified | ||
stages of the procurement cycle. | ||
(2) No additional monitoring needed. | ||
(3) Reduced monitoring during the identified stages of | ||
the procurement cycle is warranted. | ||
(c) The Comptroller shall create guidelines for the | ||
Contract Advisory Committee or Quality Assurance Team for | ||
additional or reduced monitoring of procurements at: | ||
(1) agencies that have been assigned a rating of Needs | ||
Additional monitoring for a specific stage of the procurement | ||
cycle; | ||
(2) agencies that have been assigned a reduced | ||
monitoring rating. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2155, Government Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2155.089. REPORTING VENDOR PERFORMANCE. (a) At major | ||
milestones, at least yearly, during the contract term, and after a | ||
contract is completed or otherwise terminated, each state agency | ||
shall review the vendor's performance under the contract. | ||
(b) The state agency shall report to the comptroller, using | ||
the tracking system established by Section 2262.055, on the results | ||
of the review regarding a vendor's performance under a contract. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |