Is TxSmartBuy mandatory? What if we do not submit an electronic catalog?
The Comptroller’s office is required to establish contracts for goods and services for the state and make them available to our customers through term contracts, when appropriate. TxSmartBuy will be the interface for our customers to access these term and TXMAS contracts. Therefore, contractors will need to have their term and TXMAS contracts loaded onto TxSmartBuy in order for them to sell goods and services to the state. We will maintain a dual system through August 31, 2009. However, after that date contracts need to be on TxSmartBuy unless special circumstances warrant an exception.
