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Policy: X.F.1x3 (inactive) |
Issued: October 31, 1996 |
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Latest Revision: May 3, 2005 |
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This policy describes the general guidelines that must be followed when disposing of surplus property.
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Departmental Surplus Property may be defined as any item that is not needed, is no longer useful, or is no longer functional and cannot be repaired or improved in a cost-effective manner.
Items that are no longer needed by the owning department may be transferred or sold to another University department, in which case they are no longer considered surplus property. Such interdepartmental transfer of ownership of asset-tagged items must be documented by following the steps outlined in Procedure 10-1 "Preparation of Equipment Inventory Change Request", found at http://www.virginia.edu/finance/polproc/proc/10-1.html or accessed from the Property (Fixed Assets) Accounting website at http://www.virginia.edu/finance/finanalysis/prop.html. Funds transfers in payment for such items must be accomplished by the departments involved according to current procedures for interdepartmental funds transfers.
In all other cases, departments must arrange for their surplus items to be transferred, sold, donated, discarded, or destroyed through the Surplus Property Office of Procurement Services.
Departments are responsible for requesting the transfer of goods to Procurement Services' Surplus Property System inventory, and for arranging the physical transfer of the goods. The procedures for accomplishing this are described on the Surplus Property website at http://www.procurement.virginia.edu/Surplus under "Disposing of Property".
The Surplus Property Office will attempt to sell departmental surplus items
to other departments, other state agencies and institutions, or to the general
public through regularly scheduled public auctions, when the nature of the surplus
items permits. All of the revenue obtained
by selling surplus property is returned to the department from which the
items came.
If reasonable attempts to sell or transfer departmental surplus property
are not successful, the Surplus Property Office will discard it.
2.2 Special Requirements for Some Types of Property
Capital Equipment -- Departments must obtain the approval of the Property Accounting and Fixed Assets department of Financial Analysis for any proposed disposal of ETF equipment, prior to requesting transfer of the item to Surplus. More information is available on the Property Accounting and Fixed Assets website at .
Departments may forego normal procedures and contact the Surplus Property Office directly to request that rare or unusual items, or items that are particularly valuable, be sold through sealed bid rather than at public auction. The final decision on the manner of sale will be made by Procurement Services.
Computer Equipment and Software --
- Computer hard drives and other electronic data storage devices - See http://www.procurement.virginia.edu/Surplus/SURPLUS_EDSD_Procedure.doc.
- Used computer software cannot be surplused. It must be discarded according to the licensing agreement under which it was acquired.
- New, unused computer software may be surplused only if it is still in unbroken shrink wrap, it was bought off-the-shelf rather than on a UVa contract, and it was not provided as a free evaluation or one-time use copy.
Radioactive or Hazardous Materials may not be surplused. Please consult the Office of Environmental Health and Safety for guidelines on the proper disposal of such materials.
- 2.3 Donations
Departments may request that their surplus items be donated to approved
organizations. Approved organizations include Virginia public schools
or charitable organizations granted tax-exempt status under section 501
(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Authorization for an approved organization to receive donated items is granted
by the Director of Procurement Services on a first-come, first-serve basis,
and must be requested by the organization via e-mail or other formal means.
The recipients of the donations, and the specific donations made to each
recipient, will be determined by Procurement Services.
The estimated value through sale at public auction of any individual
item to be donated cannot exceed $500. This estimate will be
made by Procurement Services.
The total estimated value of donated equipment from the University per
yearly quarter may not exceed $15,000. However, because this maximum
amount is linked by state law to the value of surplus property sold at public
auction, the quarterly limit is subject to review and revision by Procurement
Services. Donations in excess of the amount allowable per quarter will be
sold at public auction.
3.0 Definitions [Top]
4.0 References [Top]
5.0 Approvals and Revisions [Top]
Previous version in effect from 10/31/96 to 7/1/00 available in policy archive.
Previous version in effect from 7/1/00 to 7/2/01 available in policy archive.
Previous version in effect from 7/2/01 to 4/18/04 available in policy archive.
Previous version in effect from 4/19/04 to 5/3/05 available in policy archive.