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 chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority issues a written exception in accordance with provisions set forth in the Utah Procurement Code 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 whenever:

  (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 is used as consideration in the formation of a contract for a procurement item.