(a) DCS services include the following services within the State's private and public cloud environment and approved remote locations:
  (1) Mainframe services
  (2) Server services
  (3) Hosting and management of telecommunication hardware for emergency services
  (4) Storage services
  (5) Bulk Print and mail services
  (6) Network services for DCS managed environments
  (7) Disaster Recovery services
  (8) Security Services for DCS managed environments
  (9) Application portfolio management
  (10) Cloud computing services, not including software-as-a-service products
  (11) Support and management services related to the above described services.
(b) Unless an exemption has been requested and approved by the department pursuant to 1 Texas Administrative Code §215.10(a)(1)(B), designated DCS Customers shall not procure the services specified in this section outside the DCS program.

Source Note: The provisions of this §215.13 adopted to be effective March 17, 2015, 40 TexReg 1368; amended to be effective November 23, 2015, 40 TexReg 8197; amended to be effective August 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 4681