Amend CSSB 311 by adding the following SECTION, appropriately
numbered, to Article 14 of the bill and renumbering the subsequent
SECTIONS of Article 14 of the bill appropriately:
      SECTION __. Section 2157.0611, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 2157.0611.  SOLICITATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EVALUATE
THREE PROPOSALS WHEN POSSIBLE. (a) A catalogue purchase or lease
that exceeds $2,000 or a greater amount prescribed by commission
rule shall, when possible, be based on an evaluation of at least
three catalogue proposals made to the commission or other state
agency by qualified information systems vendors.  If at least three
catalogue proposals are not evaluated by the commission or other
state agency before a purchase or lease that exceeds the threshold
amount is made, the commission or other agency shall document the
reasons for that fact before making the purchase or lease under
Section 2157.063.
      (b)  Before a state agency solicits proposals under
Subsection (a), a state agency must determine in writing that:
            (1)  the commission or the Department of Information
Resources does not have a current contract for the needed goods or
services; or
            (2)  if the commission or the Department of Information
Resources has a current contract for the needed goods or services,
a proposal solicitation under Subsection (a)  will result in a cost
savings to the state of at least 10 percent more than use of the
commission's or department's contract.
      (c)  If a state agency makes the finding in Subsection (b)(2)
and a proposal solicitation under Subsection (a)  does not result
in a cost savings to the state of 10 percent, the state agency may
not make a contract award based on the proposal solicitation.