Applicability

The professional and scientific services training requirements apply to certain employees involved with professional or scientific services contracts with maximum amounts payable of $1 million or more, including work authorizations for those contracts (collectively referred to as “applicable contracts or work authorizations”). Below is a non-exhaustive list of TxDOT employees to whom these training requirements apply:

All employees who make decisions or recommendations with regard to procurement, negotiation, or management of applicable contracts or work authorizations,

Contract development team members for applicable contracts,

Employees with signature authority for an applicable contract or work authorizations,

Project Managers for applicable contracts or work authorizations,

Contract Administrators/Managers for all applicable contract or work authorizations,

Selection team members for applicable contracts,

Negotiators for applicable contracts or work authorizations, and

Employees who approve deliverables for applicable contracts or work authorizations.

Section 4: Mandatory Training Requirements