SECTION 69.1. Purpose and Definitions

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide an internal protest procedure to be used by any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, proposer, or contractor who is aggrieved in connection with the solicitation, evaluation, or award of a contract by the Office of the Attorney General from a delegated procurement. The following procedures are available for persons or firms not awarded the contract pursuant to authority delegated to the Office of the Attorney General by the Comptroller of Public Accounts or by Government Code, Chapters 2155 - 2158. These procedures are consistent with the rules of the Comptroller of Public Accounts insofar as such rules are applicable to an internal agency review.

(b) The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) Attorney General--the Office of the Attorney General;

(2) Director--the Procurement and Contract Operations Division Director of the Attorney General;

(3) First Assistant--the First Assistant Attorney General;

(4) Interested party--a vendor who has submitted a bid or proposal, as applicable, for the delegated procurement involved;

(5) Delegated procurement or procurement--a procurement delegated to the Attorney General pursuant to the procedures of Government Code, Chapter 2155, Chapter 2156, Chapter 2157, or Chapter 2158; and

(6) Receive/receipt--actual receipt.

Source Note: The provisions of this §69.1 adopted to be effective February 25, 1999, 24 TexReg 1153; amended to be effective February 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 287; amended to be effective July 13, 2008, 33 TexReg 5275; amended to be effective December 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 9617; amended to be effective December 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 7375