R33-8-101. Award of Contract Without Engaging in a Standard Procurement Process

  (1) Under the provisions set forth in Section 63G-6a-802, the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority may award a contract without engaging in a standard procurement process under the following circumstances:

  (a) There is only one source for the procurement item;

  (b) Transitional costs are a significant consideration in selecting a procurement item and the results of a cost-benefit analysis document that transitional costs are unreasonable or cost-prohibitive and awarding a contract without engaging in a standard procurement process is in the best interest of the procurement unit; or

  (c) Other circumstances described by the applicable rulemaking authority that make awarding a contract through a standard procurement process impractical and not in the best interest of the procurement unit.