(a) The comptroller's statewide procurement division
shall assess all damages and shall collect damages and recover testing
costs on behalf of the using qualified ordering entity.
(b) Failure on the part of the supplier to pay an assessed
damage or testing cost may be cause for suspension from the state
bid list.
(c) If the director identifies repeated complaints
on any vendor, that vendor may be removed by the director from the
comptroller's bid lists through the debarment process as set forth
in Subchapter G of this chapter.
|