Sec. 2162.103. COST COMPARISON AND CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS

(a) In comparing the cost of providing a service, the council shall consider the:

(1) cost of supervising the work of a private contractor; and

(2) cost of a state agency's performance of the service, including:

(A) the costs of the comptroller, attorney general, and other support agencies; and

(B) other indirect costs related to the agency's performance of the service.

(b) A bid or contract must include an analysis of health care benefits, retirement, and workers' compensation insurance for a contractor's employees that are reasonably comparable to the health care benefits, retirement, and workers' compensation insurance of the state.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 8.66, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.