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House Bill 2777 |
House Author: Holland |
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Effective: 6-2-23 |
Senate Sponsor: LaMantia |
House Bill 2777 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to establish that the executive director of the Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) may negotiate with and award a contract for goods or services to any qualified vendor if the executive director takes the following steps:
· solicits bids through the applicable competitive process but fails to receive competitive responsive bids;
· makes a written determination that resoliciting bids would be unlikely to result in responsive bids, would increase costs to TPWD, or would delay its ability to address a critical need; and
· determines that the vendor meets the requirements of the original solicitation.
The bill authorizes the executive director, to the extent practicable, to combine the procurement of multiple goods or services into a single competitively bid contract to enhance the contract's attraction for potential vendors.