(a) Each state agency shall include in the contract
file for each of its contracts with a value exceeding $50,000 a checklist
to ensure the agency's compliance with state laws and rules relating
to the acquisition of goods and services by the agency.
(b) A state agency's procurement director may delegate
to a person in the agency's procurement division the authority to
certify the contract file checklist under Government Code, §2262.053(f)
under the following conditions:
(1) the agency has developed a checklist of documents
required by state law or applicable agency rules to be maintained
in the contract file;
(2) the agency's procurement division has a documented
system for ensuring that contract files include complete copies of
all documents required by the checklist, and that the contract file
is retained by the agency as required by law; and
(3) the delegation is in writing.
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