(a) This subchapter prescribes the policies and procedures governing bidder qualification, bidding, award, and execution of a contract entered under Transportation Code, Chapter 223, Subchapters A-C.     
      (b) As an alternative to using Transportation Code, Chapter 223, Subchapters A-C, and therefore, this subchapter, the department, if the department satisfies the requirements of Transportation Code, §223.001(c), may award under the State Purchasing and General Services Act, Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code, a contract for certain materials to be used in the construction or maintenance of a highway or for traffic control or safety devices to be used on a highway as a purchase of goods.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §9.10 adopted to be effective November 23, 1994, 19 TexReg 8867; amended to be effective December 12, 1999, 24 TexReg 10901; amended to be effective July 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 6345; amended to be effective December 7, 2006, 31 TexReg 9751; amended to be effective April 20, 2023, 48 TexReg 1968