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Contracts and procurement transparency star award

This page provides an overview of our contracts and procurement data in accordance with the Texas Comptroller Transparency Stars program. Suppliers looking for current bid opportunities and related information may want to go directly to the How to do business with us section of our website.

How competitive solicitations are communicated

Our purchasing department recognizes the need to ensure the transparency of all procurement activity to taxpayers and suppliers. To support this, competitive solicitations are:

  • posted on the district website
  • listed with the Texas Comptroller's Electronic State Business Daily Search
  • advertised in the local newspaper as required by law

Suppliers listed in the district procurement system also receive email notifications of new solicitations (if subscribed), using our web-based bidding system.

Board of Trustee meetings are broadcast live so as many citizens as possible can view the contract approvals as they happen. Pending and awarded contracts are then listed publicly on the district website. Interested suppliers may schedule a meeting with purchasing department staff if they would like to know the rationale of why the contract was awarded to a competitor.  They may also be provided with a list of areas in which they might improve to help their chances of securing future opportunities.

Contracts and procurement summary

For the 2021-22 fiscal year, the district opened 55 and closed 52 competitive solicitations. The District received bids and RFP’s valued at $805,133,341 and 339 vendors received an award totaling $87,350,827.

School Year Student Count Annual Expenditure Amounts Expenditure Per Student Number of Posted Solicitations Number of Closed Solicitations Authorizations
2021-2022 53,674
 
$113,059,074
 
$2,106 55 52 $139,927,057
2020-2021 53,921 $111,723,848
 
$2,072
 
66 66 $185,524,594
2019-2020 55,701 $139,858,718 $2,511 87 87 $155,168,613
2018-2019 55,987  $195,113,852   $3,485  76 76 $183,554,093
2017-2018 56,471  $254,040,525   $4,499  84 84 $345,071,309

Note: The bond is being paid down and COVID expenditure reductions impacted fiscal year 2020-2022.

Authorizations vs. expenditures time trend graph

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A graph showing the expenditures vs. authorizations until 2021-22.

Figure 1: Authorizations vs. expenditures as of 2021-22 - See text description of the graph

Amounts awarded by contract by business sector

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A pie graph showing the amounts of funding awarded by contract as of 4/5/23.

Figure 1: Amounts awarded by contract as of 4/5/23 - See text description of the graph

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Contact us

For more information about contracts and procurement and to reach our purchasing officer, contact:
Citizens may request to review or obtain public information (including mailing lists of student names) by contacting us with a detailed description of the requested information. There may be costs associated with the requests.