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FEDSched can help your company obtain a Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXAS) Contract, so you can stay focused on growing your government business.

What is the Texas Multiple Award Schedule Program?
How TXMAS Works – Base Contract
What Can You Sell on the TXMAS Contract?
Who Can You Sell to With a TXMAS Contract?
Get Help Obtaining Your TXMAS Contract

TXMAS Contract | Texas Multiple Award Schedule Contract

What is the Texas Multiple Award Schedule Program

The Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) is a state contract managed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), Statewide Procurement Division’s (SPD). TXMAS is the main procurement vehicle for non-IT goods and services for Texas. The contract helps meet the needs of eligible Texas state agencies and registered Texas SmartBuy members.

TXMAS is similar to the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program, but specifically tailored to Texas state procurement regulations.

How TXMAS Works – Base Contract

TXMAS is designed to help meet the needs of Texas state and local government by streamlining the procurement process with pre-approved vendors at pre-negotiated prices. If your company would like to obtain a TXMAS contract, you must first have what is known as a “base contract”.

Your base contract is an active government contract that meets specific criteria. The Texas Statewide Procurement Division uses the pricing awarded in your base contract to determine pricing for products and/or services offered under TXMAS.

While the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contract isn’t the only eligible base contract, it is the most widely used base contract for TXMAS. If you would like to use a different contract as your base, it must meet the criteria below.

TXMAS Base Contract Requirements

(1) Awarded by the federal government or other governmental entity,
(2) Awarded using a competitive process, and
(3) Adaptable to the laws of the state of Texas

If you are looking outside of the GSA Multiple Award Schedule for a base contract, you should know the Texas Statewide Procurement Division “reserves the right to accept or deny any submitted base contract deemed to be unacceptable at the time of review.” The contracts listed below are just a few examples of contracts not accepted as base contracts.

Unacceptable TXMAS Base Contracts

BuyBoard
Agency Blanket Purchase Orders
Education Service Center Contracts (ESC)
Council of Government Contracts (COG)
Purchasing Cooperative of America (PCA)

What Can You Sell on the TXMAS Contract?

Product and Services Sold Under TXMAS

Below is a sample of some of the types of products and services that can be sold under a TXMAS Contract.

Cleaning Products
Facilities Maintenance
Fire Fighting Equipment Maintenance and Repair
Furniture
Guard and Security Services
Hardware Tools and Supplies
Moving and Relocating Services
Office Supplies
Signs

Before pursuing a TXMAS Contract, you should be aware of the products and services that are not permitted. You cannot sell IT products or services, consulting services, or certain professional services such as engineering and architecture services under TXMAS.

Prohibited Offerings Under TXMAS

IT Products and Services
Job Order Contracts
Engineering Services
Consulting Services
Other Professional Services as defined within Government Code, Chapter 2254.
- Accounting
- Architecture
- Landscape Architecture
- Land Surveying
- Medicine
- Optometry
- Real Estate Appraisal
- Nursing
- Forensic Science

Who Can You Sell to With a TXMAS Contract?

TXMAS Eligible Buyers

If your company holds a TXMAS Contract, you can use it to sell to:

Texas State Agencies
Texas Public Universities
Texas SmartBuy (TSB) Members

Eligible Texas State Agencies include the Texas Senate, House of Representatives, and Court of Appeals, as well as the Texas Veterans Commission and Parks and Wildlife Department. The full list of eligible Texas State Agencies is updated as needed and can be found here.

Texas SmartBuy Members include more than 1,700 entities grouped into the categories listed below. As with the State Agency list, the TSB Member list is updated regularly and can be reviewed here.

Assistance Organizations
Hospital Districts
Counties
Utility Districts
Education Service Centers
Fire Prevention Districts
Council of Governments/Planning Commissions
Junior/Community Colleges
Political Sub-Divisions and Special Districts
Library Districts
Municipalities
Appraisal Districts
Mental Health Organizations
School Districts
Charter Schools
Community Supervision and Corrections Departments (CS and CDs)

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Federal Schedules, Inc. (FEDSched) is a full-service contract consultant that helps companies successfully meet their TXMAS and GSA MAS Contract needs.

With over 38 years in the government contract space, FEDSched provides the expertise and guidance companies can trust to navigate the complexities of the TXMAS and GSA MAS Contract process.

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