Texas Local Government Code
§ 262.030 — ALTERNATIVE COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES
LG § 262.030Title 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY · Part B. COUNTY ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY · Ch. 262. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES · Art. C. COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN GENERAL
Statute text
View on source(a)Except for Subsection (d) of this section, the competitive proposal procedure provided by this section may be used for the purchase of insurance, high technology items, and the following special services:
(1)landscape maintenance;
(2)travel management; or
(3)recycling.
(b)Quotations must be solicited through a request for proposals. Public notice for the request for proposals must be made in the same manner as provided in the competitive bidding procedure. The request for proposals must specify the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. The award of the contract shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the lowest and best evaluated offer resulting from negotiation, taking into consideration the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals.
(c)If provided in the request for proposals, proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors and kept secret during the process of negotiation. All proposals that have been submitted shall be available and open for public inspection after the contract is awarded, except for trade secrets and confidential information contained in the proposals and identified as such.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 640 (H.B. 2694), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1272 (H.B. 3517), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1272 (H.B. 3517), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (H.B. 1694), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2011.