| COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PROPOSALS |
| Auctioneering services, city may determine whether they are "professional services" exempt from competitive bidding requirements | DM-0106 |
| Automated information systems, purchase by local governments through state catalogue purchasing procedure | DM-0350 |
| Automatically renew contract for loading and unloading services, navigation district may limit the number of times it will consent to | JC-0354 |
| Carpenter, whether within professional services exception to competitive bidding requirements | JM-1136 |
| Catalog purchasing provision of section 2157.0611 of the Government Code, to the extent that it is currently in effect, does not apply to purchases by an independent school district. | GA-0900 |
| Construction work performed by school district employees not subject to competitive bidding statutes | DM-0242 |
| Contracts to load and unload cargo not exempt from Water Code competitive bidding requirements as personal or professional services contracts | LO97-031 |
| County attorney is not "specialized local entity" for purposes of competitive bidding requirements | JM-1136 |
| County pruchase and resale of construction or other heavy equipment, applicability of competitive bidding statutes | GA-0628 |
| Exempt, whether particular contract is for loading and unloading cargo is question of fact | LO97-059 |
| Exemption of ambulance service contract from competitive bidding requirement by order of commissioners court after it has requested and rejected bids | JC-0136 |
| Exemption, municipalities may procure service through competitive bidding even if such services qualify for an | DM-0106 |
| Federal cooperative purchasing program whereby U.S. General Services Administration would make federal supply schedules available to state and local governments, effect of repeal on state purchasing provisions | JC-0230 |
| Forfeited property, property forfeited under chapter 59 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be leased as proper administration of property under article 59.06(a) of the code, and is not subject to statutory bidding procedures | GA-0122 |
| Guaranteed program management services for school building program, whether school district may procure under Professional Services Procurement Act (Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-940 (1988) is superseded by statute) | JC-0224 |
| Insurance, whether junior college may purchase using designated broker of record | JC-0205 |
| Insurance, whether school district must competitively bid contract to purchase (Superseded by statute as noted in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-418 (1996)) | DM-0347 |
| Job order contracting method of procurement, authority of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to use | GA-1028 |
| Landscape architects not exempt from competitive bidding under Professional Services Procurement Act | LO90-067 |
| Local government corporation not subject to competitive bidding requirements applicable to county or city that created it | JC-0206 |
| Material specifications for Department of Transportation construction and maintenance contracts may not be limited to particular vendor if other vendors have similar products of equal quality, and may not include requirements that are unrelated to the mat | JC-0124 |
| Monorail technology, procurement of transit system employing subject to competitive bidding, however, transit authority board may grant waiver in favor of competitive negotiation if statutorily specific conditions are found | DM-0043 |
| Notices required by statute to be published in "newspaper of general circulation," governmental entity must evaluate newspaper's content as well as proportion and diversity of subscribership | JC-0223 |
| Number of potential suppliers available to sell products to a school district, whether reverse auction company’s procedures impermissibly limit the number is a fact question not appropriately answered by the opinion process | GA-0705 |
| Preparation of specifications for bid or contract, state agency may not accept bid or award contract in which former employee received salary, wages, or other compensation from the agency to participate in | LO92-024 |
| Procurement policies, board of trustees of independent school district may not incorporate into its competitive bidding policies specific criteria that are not authorized by statute | DM-0113 |
| Purchase of surplus school buses valued in excess of $20,000, two independent school districts may not contract between themselves to purchase buses but must use competitive bidding process through General Services Commission | LO98-063 |
| Sale of building located on a city street to a private entity | GA-1084 |
| School district award of construction contract under section 44.031 of Education Code, procedures applicable to (Superseded by statute as noted in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0037 (1999)) | DM-0387 |
| School district need not competitively bid contract for purchase of insurance, but generally must use one of specified purchasing methods | DM-0418 |
| School district, purchasing methods for purchases valued at $25,000 or more in the aggregate for a twelve-month period | JC-0037 |
| State highway maintenance contract, county lacks authority to submit bid to Texas Transportation Commission for | JC-0171 |
| Total cost bid specifications, county may not combine purchase and later sale of the same piece of property into one transaction for competitive-bidding purposes | JM-1248 |
| Transfer public land to private party using industrial development corporation as an intermediary, city may not | GA-0004 |
| Unit-price contract may be subject to statutory competitive-bidding requirements if unit price multiplied by estimated quantity triggers the requirements (Affirms Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1220 (1990)) | JM-1243 |
| University systems' board of regents may adopt a rule that establishes a dollar amount under which the university system may purchase printing services without competitive bidding | GA-0438 |
| Vehicles and equipment for sheriff's office, commissioners court rather than sheriff has discretion to set specifications for | JC-0214 |
| County |
| Airport property, county must sell or lease in compliance with public auction or, if applicable, sealed bid or sealed proposal requirements | LO95-066 |
| Competitive bidding requirements applied to municipal airport operation | KP-0246 |
| Conditioning sale of gambling contraband on agreement to remove such property to jurisdiction in which the property’s use is not illegal
| GA-0533 |
| Contracts for work performed and paid for by the day, restrictions on exemption for | LO98-015 |
| County auditor is not bound by advice or opinion of county attorney regarding the lawfulness of a claim against the county | GA-0604 |
| County auditor who determines that the county awarded a contract without complying with the County Purchasing Act may not approve a claim for payment on the contract | GA-0247 |
| County Purchasing Act, contract awarded in violation of Act is not void but may be voided by a court | GA-0247 |
| Court would likely conclude that Dallas County is not expressly authorized by Labor Code section 62.0515 to require a higher wage as a condition for a contract award under the County Purchasing Act. | GA-1090 |
| Culverts and road sign components, purchasing separately may violate competitive bidding laws | LO94-087 |
| Delinquent taxes as debt for purpose of statute authorizing a county to adopt competitive bidding rules refusing to contract with or entering into a contract with a person indebted to the county
| GA-0518 |
| Design/build contract for construction of public work, commissioners court may not award on basis of competitive bidding where architectural or engineering services are part of contract | JM-1189 |
| Disclosure statements regarding prospective contractors' business relationships with county officers and employees, County Purchasing Act authorizes county to require | JC-0521 |
| Interest earned on motor vehicle inventory tax escrow accounts, purchases from fund not subject to County Purchasing Act | JC-0149 |
| Minority and women-owned businesses, policy to increase county contracts with is not inconsistent with competitive bidding requirements | DM-0226 |
| Phased purchase of concrete slab and pavilion structure, whether purchase violates County Purchasing Act is question of fact | GA-0604 |
| Prebid conference, commissioners court is not authorized under County Purchasing Act to require bidders to attend mandatory prebid conference or to refuse to accept or open bids of bidders who fail to attend | JC-0319 |
| Prevailing wages, fringe benefits, and English proficiency, county may not specify as conditions for nonpublic works contracts subject to competitive bidding unless directly related to work to be done | JM-1215 |
| Prosecutor's forfeiture fund, applicability of County Purchasing Act to purchases from | DM-0246 |
| Prosecutor's forfeiture fund, commissioners court's duty to initiate competitive bidding process upon receipt of request for and accept bids | DM-0246 |
| Public works contract for construction of vehicle maintenance building, County Purchasing Act competitive bidding requirements applicable to | JM-1220 |
| Purchases made by nonprofit entity using funds received by County under Health and Safety Code section 401.244 | KP-0234 |
| Quantum meruit payments on contract awarded in violation of County Purchasing Act, commissioners court lacks authority to authorize | GA-0247 |
| Ratification, commissioners court lacks authority to ratify contract awarded in violation of County Purchasing Act | GA-0247 |
| Spot purchase of supplies or materials, county may make without competitive bidding when the contractor obligated to meet county's requirements is unable to do so | JM-1254 |
| Whether the payment of higher wages is definitively and objectively related to the quality of services provided under a specific contract such that it can be included as an evaluation factor on competitive proposals submitted under section 262.030 of the County Purchasing Act requires a factual inquiry and is not a question that can be answered in the opinion process. | GA-1090 |
| Municipal |
| Community development block grant funds, expenditure of subject to state competitive bidding laws | DM-0331 |
| Competitive proposals, statutory requirements regarding do not apply to competitive proposal process authorized by other law | JC-0326 |
| Excess or surplus insurance coverage, municipality's purchase of is not exempt from competitive bidding requirements | DM-0070 |
| Minority business enterprises, municipal program to award public contracts to does not create an exemption to competitive bidding | DM-0234 |
| Performance bond on developer participation contract, necessity for competitive bidding when municipality does not require | LO95-010 |
| Professional services exempt from competitive bidding, municipality has discretion to determine whether contract is for | JC-0326 |
| Reimbursement, if a municipal expenditure is subject to Local Government Code chapter 252, the city would be precluded from reimbursing a person for costs incurred for work not performed pursuant to a competitively bid contract | GA-0305 |
| Security guard contracts, city may not require bidders for to provide health insurance benefits to their employees because the requirement does not relate to the quality of security guard services | JM-1213 |
| Selection of "sole broker of record," municipality's selection of is not exempt from competitive bidding requirements | DM-0070 |
| Tax increment fund is a municipal fund within the meaning of chapter 252 of the Local Government Code and chapter 252's competitive bidding requirements may apply to expenditures for the tax increment fund | GA-0305 |
| Temporary day labor agency to provide day laborers for city garbage collection service, exemption from competitive bidding statute for contract with | JC-0281 |
| State |
| Bidding preference, application of under section 2155.444, Government Code
Bidding preference, remedies when bidder believes inappropriately applied | GA-0685 |
| Catalogue purchasing procedures prevail over Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities mandatory purchasing program with respect to state agency computer purchases | DM-0496 |
| Competitive bidding, as required by Government Code section 2155.063, may not be required for some investment decisions if they do not involve the purchase of or contract for goods or services. Contracts with investment managers and investment service providers will require competitive bidding, as those involve the purchase of or contract for services. | GA-0998 |
| Procurement of service providers for mental health and substance abuse programs administered by a designated local behavioral health authority | GA-1081 |
| Procurement of service providers for mental health and substance abuse programs administered by the Department of State Health Services | GA-1081 |
| Reverse auction procedure does not constitute competitive bidding | JC-0316 |
| Rider that attempts to require competitive bidding on Dental Board contracts valued at less than $5,000 violates article III, section 35 of the Texas Constitution | GA-0378 |
| Telecommunications services, acquisition by General Services Commission | DM-0375 |
| Texas bidder, meaning under section 2155.444 of the Government Code | GA-0685 |
| Transportation, Department of |
| Department of Transportation not required to use competitive procurement process to enter facility agreement in connection with North Tarrant Express project | KP-0253 |
