Procurement and Contracts

Procurement 

The Department has a responsibility to uphold Texas procurement laws and act in good faith to serve the best interest of the State of Texas.  In order to fulfill this responsibility, the Department follows all laws, rules and policies governing contracts and procurement, as set forth in the State of Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide.

The Department will follow best value standards for purchasing goods and services recommended in the State of Texas Contract Management Guide

The Department shall document the best value standard used to contract for goods or services through the competitive bid process. 

The Department uses the State of Texas Contract Management Guide risk management plan to assess risks and identify contracts which may be more critical to agency functions. This guide also serves as the official handbook for the agency to follow in the purchasing and contracting process.  

https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/publications/procurement-contract.php

The Department uses the federal E-Verify system for state contracts. U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify

How Can I Do Business with the Department?  

Persons interested in doing business with the Department, or with the State of Texas may find the following links helpful: 

• Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) -TFC’s current bidding opportunities 
• State of Texas’s Centralized Master Bidder’s List (CMBL) 
• Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program 
• State Purchasing 
• NIGP Commodity Book 
• State Vendor Performance Tracking 

The Department does not maintain its own bidders list.  Interested vendors may register as a Texas vendor or apply for Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) certification with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/.  

  

HUB Certification Information  

The Historically Underutilized Business program is a priority to the Department.  The Department actively encourages purchasing from, and contracting with, Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) to provide goods and services to support agency’s operations.  

Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program

Contracts 

The Credit Union Department is a self-directed, semi-independent state agency that complies with all State of Texas purchasing and contracting laws and rules.  Under Texas Government Code Section 2261.253, the Department is required to post on its website the following information for all contracts entered into on or after September 1, 2015, for the purchase of goods or services from a private vendor: 

1. The entire contract itself (confidential information will have to be redacted); 
2. The statutory or other authority under which non-competitively bid contracts are entered into; and 
3. The request for proposals related to competitively bid contracts. 

The term “contracts” includes insurance contracts and contracts where no competitive bidding is required but does not include renewals of existing contracts entered into prior to September 1, 2015, MOUs, interagency contracts, interlocal agreements and contracts without a cost.

CUD Contract Management Guide and Handbook 

Pursuant to Section 2261.256 of the Texas Government Code (added by SB 20, 84th Session), the Department’s Contract Management Guide and Handbook as well as contract and purchase information with links to applicable documents are provided herein. 

CUD Contract Management Guide and Handbook

FY 2025

FY 2024

 

FY 2023

 

* Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs)  

For more information regarding agency contracts and purchasing, submit inquiries to openrecords@cud.texas.gov.