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1,508: Exceptions

Last Revised: May 1998

1. Requirements for competitive quotations and/or formal bidding may be considered satisfied or waived by the Director of Purchasing through various means. These include, but are not limited to, use of federal, state, and local government contracts and consortium agreements, use of educational pricing agreements or consortiums, purchase of used equipment, purchase at auction or similar sale, and use of NSHE open-end contracts.
2. Requirements for competitive quotations and/or formal bidding may be waived or the process modified by the Director of Purchasing in the case of a documented need for proprietary goods or services or items proven to be available only from a single source. Similarly, formal bidding requirements may be waived or the process modified for items which do not lend themselves to the usual competitive bidding (i.e., personal or consultant services involving technical, professional or specialized skills or training; facilities and services for conventions, workshops, seminars and special functions; the purchase of perishable goods; and the purchase of products or services needed for patient care). The waiving of formal bidding requirements does not mitigate the need to ensure purchases are competitively priced and the terms and conditions of the purchase are in the best interests of NSHE.
3. Requirements for formal bidding may be considered satisfied by the Director of Purchasing if the formal bidding process is completed and no responsive and responsible bid is received. Purchasing may then negotiate a contract with interested parties without further need for competitive bidding.