Opinion No.

Honorable Bill Turner Brazos County Courthouse 300 E. 26th Street, Suite 310 Bryan, Texas 77803

Re: Whether a contract for microfilming of records of county clerks office is subject to competitive bidding (RQ-1280)

Dear Mr. Turner:

You ask:

[W]hether the use of a private company to microfilm records for the County Clerk's Office of Brazos County must comply with the competitive bidding requirements of Local Government Code, Sec. 262.021 et seq., County Purchasing Act, or whether said item is a personal or professional service under Sec. 262.024(4), supra, and thus need not be competitively…