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Customer Eligibility Requirements
Please Note: Different
products and services offered through DIR are governed by
different parts of state law. The following eligibility guidelines
apply to hardware and software sales
and IT services. View
eligibility guidelines for data services,
telecommunications services, or
telecom material / cable and wiring supplies.
DIR customers are state agencies, public institutions
of higher education, and local governments. In order to be
eligible to purchase, you must be a public entity, as described
below.
State Agency means:
- a board, commission, department, office or other agency
in the executive branch of state government that is created
by the constitution or a statute of the state of Texas,
including a river authority and an institution of higher
education
- the legislature or a legislative agency
- the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals,
a court of appeals, a state judicial agency or the State
Bar of Texas
(For a legal definition of state agencies, view the
Texas Government Code, Section 2251.001(8).)
Public Institution of Higher Education means:
- any public technical institute (the Texas State Technical
College System)
- medical or dental unit
- public junior college
- public senior college or university
- other agency of higher education
(For a legal definition of public institutions of higher
education, read the
Texas Education Code, Section 61.003.)
Local Government (political subdivision)
means:
- a county, including county parks, jails, etc.
- a municipality, including city libraries, fire departments,
etc.
- a public school district, including education service
centers
- a special purpose district or authority
A special purpose district or authority may be a hospital
district, water district, taxing district. etc. If the district
can tax, it should be eligible to purchase through DIR.
(For a legal definition of local governments, view the
Texas Government Code, Section 791.003 (4).)
The
Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
791, authorizes local governments, including local governments
of other states, to directly contract with DIR to increase
their efficiency and effectiveness. State agencies of other
states may be eligible to purchase from a contract between
DIR and a local government of that state under the Interlocal
Cooperation Act. Please contact DIR for more details.
Texas
Government Code, Section 791.025(c) indicates that a local
government that purchases goods and services under the Interlocal
Cooperation Act satisfies the requirement of the local government
to seek competitive bids for the purchase of goods and services.
Microsoft Education Pricing: Please visit
the Microsoft
website to check eligibility requirements for education
pricing for institutions other than schools and universities.
Ineligible Entities
Private entities are not eligible to purchase from
DIR for hardware, software, and IT services. Those
include:
- private colleges and universities,
- private schools (K-12), including privately owned, charter
schools
- churches, including church schools
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