Vendor Resources

A complete list of all Texas Procurement and Support Services (TPASS) notified HUBs may be electronically accessed through the Internet. The TPASS information server is available through the Internet. Although there are alternatives to connect to this data, the preferred method is through the Internet using a Web Browser (like Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.). Using a Web Browser, please connect to http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement

Hub Subcontracting Plan

In accordance with Texas Gov't Code (TGC) §2161.252 and Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Tiel 1, Part 5, Chapter 11, Subchapter B, Rule 111.14, each state agency (including institutions of higher education) as defined by TGC 2151.002 that considers entering into a contract with an expected value of $100,000 or more shall, before the agency solicits bids, proposals, offers, or other applicable expressions of interest, determine whether subcontracting opportunities are probable under the contract.  If subcontracting

opportunities are probable, each state agency's invitation for bids or other purchase solicitation documents for construction, professional services, other services, and commodities with an expected value of $100,000 or more shall state that probability and require a HUB Subcontracting Plan (HSP).

In an effort to improve vendor compliance when completing the HUB Subcontracting Plan, TPASS has created and posted an audio file that explains, in a step by step method, how to accurately complete the HUB Subcontracting Plan (HSP).  This is an especially useful tool when there is no pre-bid or pre-proposal conference that vendors will see the HSP while simultaneously hearing complete, concise, and step by step instructions on how to accurately complete the HSP.  The link to the TPASS website MP3 file on how to accurately complete the HSP is:

The video is located at http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/hub-subcontracting-plan/ and http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/hub-forms/.