The SAO has published an audit report on the Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) Contracts Program at the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, SAO Report No. 17-010. The report concludes that the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts has complied with statutory requirements to base contracts available through the TXMAS contracts program on contracts that other governmental entities have awarded through a competitive process. However, it should strengthen controls over the following aspects of its administration of the TXMAS contracts program to help ensure compliance with other statutes, rules, and policies and procedures. Read the report link above for more details.
