(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide an
internal protest procedure to be used by any actual or prospective
bidder, offeror, proposer, or contractor who is aggrieved in connection
with the solicitation, evaluation, or award of a contract by the Office
of the Attorney General from a delegated procurement. The following
procedures are available for persons or firms not awarded the contract
pursuant to authority delegated to the Office of the Attorney General
by the Comptroller of Public Accounts or by Government Code, Chapters
2155 - 2158. These procedures are consistent with the rules of the
Comptroller of Public Accounts insofar as such rules are applicable
to an internal agency review.
(b) The following words and terms, when used in this
subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Attorney General--the Office of the Attorney General;
(2) Director--the Procurement and Contract Operations
Division Director of the Attorney General;
(3) First Assistant--the First Assistant Attorney General;
(4) Interested party--a vendor who has submitted a
bid or proposal, as applicable, for the delegated procurement involved;
(5) Delegated procurement or procurement--a procurement
delegated to the Attorney General pursuant to the procedures of Government
Code, Chapter 2155, Chapter 2156, Chapter 2157, or Chapter 2158; and
(6) Receive/receipt--actual receipt.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §69.1 adopted to be effective February 25, 1999, 24 TexReg 1153; amended to be effective February 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 287; amended to be effective July 13, 2008, 33 TexReg 5275; amended to be effective December 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 9617; amended to be effective December 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 7375 |