Section R33-1-4 - Competitive Procurement Required for Expenditure of Public Funds or Use of Public Property or Other Public Assets to Acquire a Procurement Item Unless Exception is Authorized(1) Unless the procurement official issues a written exception in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, and applicable rules documenting why a competitive procurement process is not required and why it is in the best interest of the procurement unit to award a contract without engaging in a standard procurement process, a procurement unit shall conduct a standard procurement process when: (a) public funds are expended or used to acquire a procurement item; or(b) a procurement unit's property, name, influence, assets, resources, programs, or other things of value are used as consideration in the formation of a contract for a procurement item.Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-18, effective 8/22/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-14, effective 6/21/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-03, effective 1/22/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-11, effective 5/23/2022