Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 1001.202. Contract Authority

(a) Notwithstanding Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government Code, or any other law, the department may enter into a contract regarding the management, maintenance, design, construction, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, improvement, inspection, lease, pledge, encumbrance, trade, sale, transfer, or other disposition of real property, including improvements, under this subchapter.

(b) The department shall comply with the requirements and processes in Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government Code, to the extent feasible, except that the department shall comply with a requirement that expressly applies to a state agency that is exempt from Chapter 2166, Government Code, under Section 2166.003 of that code.  Although the department is not required to use the services of the Texas Facilities Commission, the department may use services provided under Sections 2165.056, 2166.005, and 2167.007, Government Code.