(a) The General Land Office is delegated all purchasing functions relating to purchases under § 33.603, Natural Resources Code, including coastal erosion studies, demonstration studies, and response projects.
(b) The General Land Office shall acquire goods and services by any procurement method that provides the best value to the land office. The land office shall consider the best value standards provided by § 2155.074.

(c) The comptroller shall procure goods and services for the General Land Office at the request of the land office, and the land office may use the services of the comptroller in procuring goods and services.