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Procurement Resources: A Guide for Vendors

TWC must buy goods and services from businesses meeting the requirements in Texas state law. 


What TWC Buys:

  • Hardware and Software
  • Building Fixes
  • Office Supplies
  • Recycled Items
  • Security
  • Temporary Workers


How TWC Buys Products:

  1. WorkQuest and Texas Correctional Industries (TCI): These are organizations that sell to the state. If they have what TWC needs, TWC must buy from them.
  2. Department of Information Resources (DIR): TWC uses special contracts with DIR to buy hardware and software.
  3. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA): TWC uses CPA's contracts to buy everything else.
  4. View our open and past procurements on the Bonfire Procurement Portal.


Tips for Communicating with TWC:

Important Rules:

  • The state must buy things that cost more than $10,000 from businesses on the Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL).
  • TWC can buy things that cost less than $10,000 from any vendor.
  • TWC cannot split one big purchase into smaller ones to avoid asking for bids.


Find more info:

  • NIGP Commodity Book: This book tells you what codes to use when looking for businesses on the CMBL. It's on the CPA website.
  • Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD): TWC posts bids above $25,000 on the ESBD. You can search for TWC bids on the ESBD website.