Exempt Purchases

Procurements Exempt from the Purchasing Process

Specific Statutes, Rules, and OPs apply to all procurements, including exemptions. It is the responsibility of the Department Heads, Fund Managers, and employees to comply with State Law, institutional policy, and restrictions related to funds and expenditures. Know before you commit!

• Advertisements
• Artwork (original)
• Conference expenses, including conference space, registration expenses
• Direct Publications (subscriptions, print, video, audio, and software)
• Employees moving expenses
• Entertainers and entertainment services (music, dance, and theatrical)
• Exhibit Space
• Freight and Shipping costs
• Human cadavers, skin, blood, bones, tissue
• Internal Repairs - repair of State-owned equipment which cannot reasonably be defined before the disassembly of the equipment to affect the repairs.
• Lectures/Guest speakers (not continuous)
• Legislative information services
• Library materials
• Membership's fees and dues
• Postage
• Registrations fees
• Training services
• Travel expenses paid in accordance with the State and TTUHSC travel policy/guidelines
• Purchases from other governmental entities (federal, state, local, including public institutions of higher education)
• Purchases based on competitively awarded contracts made by other agencies, COOP, and GPOs
• Utilities

Contact Purchasing if you have questions related to exempt purchases at purchasing@ttuhsc.edu or (806)743-7841.