by Cobb & Counsel | Feb 6, 2023 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts, Public Information Act Requests
Members of the public have access to certain government contracting information, thanks to provisions in the Texas Government Code and the General Appropriations Act. Certain contracts are required to be reported to the Legislative Budget Board, which maintains an...
by Cobb & Counsel | Dec 1, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
No one likes receiving a bad report card. For government contractors, the consequences of a bad report card can be severe—repeated unfavorable performance reports from a state agency may result in debarment for up to five years. Under Texas law, a vendor has at least...
by Cobb & Counsel | Sep 13, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
If you refuse to do business with the gun industry, Texas won’t do business with you. In 2021, Texas enacted a bill to prohibit governmental entities from contracting with companies that discriminate against the firearm and ammunition industry. The prohibition applies...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jul 27, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
When a government contract has an expected value of $100,000 or more and the state agency determines there is a probability for subcontracting opportunities under the contract, each vendor’s bid must include a historically underutilized business (HUB) subcontracting...
by Cobb & Counsel | Apr 6, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
“If you boycott Texas energy, Texas will boycott you,” says Texas State Representative Phil King, co-sponsor of a new law that prohibits state agencies from contracting with or investing in financial companies that boycott the oil and gas industry. In August 2022,...
by Cobb & Counsel | Apr 3, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
Israel is one of Texas’s strongest partners for trade and investment in the Middle East. Under Texas law, contractors with 10 or more full-time employees are prohibited from boycotting Israel during the term of a government contract valued at $100,000 or more. In...
