(a) The commission shall select one telecommunications carrier to provide the statewide telecommunications relay access service.
(b) The commission shall make a written award of the contract to the telecommunications carrier whose proposal is the most advantageous to this state, considering:
(1) price;
(2) the interests of the community of persons with an impairment of hearing or speech in having access to a high quality and technologically advanced telecommunications system; and
(3) any other factor listed in the commission’s request for proposals.

Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 56.108

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) The commission shall consider each proposal in a manner that does not disclose the contents of the proposal to a telecommunications carrier making a competing proposal.
(d) The commission’s evaluation of a telecommunications carrier’s proposal shall include the:
(1) charges for the service;
(2) service enhancements proposed by the carrier;
(3) technological sophistication of the network proposed by the carrier; and
(4) date proposed for beginning the service.

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