Biddable And Non-Biddable Services

(1) Campus/unit Purchasing Departments should procure the following services through the normal requisitioning and purchase order process. (a) Services that are amenable to bidding and subject to uniform and impersonal criteria to ensure the proper evaluation of bids. (b) Items that are combinations of goods and services whose end product is more significant than the service that leads to production or delivery and when the vendor has little control in determining the product’s actual content or form. Examples of biddable services include printing brochures, developing film, or providing sound equipment for a performance. (2) Non-biddable services include those that involve highly skilled judgment or training, artistic ability, or other attributes and whose quality depends on an individual’s characteristics and knowledge. Examples of non-biddable services include designing a brochure, creating works of art, and writing or editing reports. (3) Departments should contact campus/unit Purchasing Departments if there are questions regarding whether services can be bid. (4) Before contracts are approved, departments may be required to justify their decision not to bid services. See Appendix A.