Tex. Gov't Code § 2155.136 · Subchapter C. DELEGATIONS OF AND EXCLUSIONS FROM COMPTROLLER'S PURCHASING AUTHORITY AND CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING
PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BY MEDICAL OR DENTAL UNIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A medical or dental unit listed under Section 61.003, Education Code, may purchase through the use of competitive sealed proposals:
(1) prototypes of medical equipment not yet available on the market;
(2) medical equipment so new to the market that its benefits are not fully known; and
(3) major medical equipment that is so technically complex that development of specifications for competitive bidding is not feasible.
(b) To make a purchase under this section, the medical or dental unit must:
(1) follow the competitive sealed proposals procedures under Subchapter C, Chapter 2157, and comptroller rules on the use of competitive sealed proposals; and
(2) submit to the comptroller a written finding that competitive sealed bidding or informal competitive bidding is not practical or is disadvantageous to the state for the proposed acquisition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2019.
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