Sec. 2155.0755.  VERIFICATION OF USE OF BEST VALUE STANDARD.  (a)  The contract manager or procurement director of each state agency shall:
(1)  approve each state agency contract for which the agency is required to purchase goods or services using the best value standard;
(2)  ensure that, for each contract, the agency documents the best value standard used for the contract; and
(3)  acknowledge in writing that the agency complied with the agency's and comptroller's contract management guide in the purchase.
(b)  For each purchase of goods or services for which a state agency is required to use the best value standard, the comptroller shall ensure that the agency includes in the vendor performance tracking system established under Section 2262.055 information on whether the vendor satisfied that standard.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 326 (S.B. 20), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015.