1.2.1.2. Partial Exemption

Table 1.3 contains a list of entities that are exempt from the State Purchasing Act with respect to certain purchases:

 

Table 1.3
Select Exemptions from the State Purchasing Act
Factors 1 + 3: Identity of Purchaser and What is Being Procured
Entity Exempt Category
Board of Regents (BOR)

Construction/Public Works Contracts as defined by Section 1.3.6.1. - Construction or Public Works.

NOTE: This exemption does not include a purchase limited to construction or building materials (i.e. a "materials only" contract). In addition, this does not preclude BOR from utilizing SPDClosed’s statewide contracts.

Department of Community Health (DCH) Purchase of Health Insurance for State Employees and Public School Teachers under the State Health Benefit Plan.
Department of Defense (DOD) Purchase and Issuance of Military Property.
Department of Human Services (DHS) Contracts for the purchase of placements for children in the care or custody of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services as further described in O.C.A.A. Section 50-5-69(f).
DOAS Human Resource Administration (HRA) Division Flexible Benefits for state of Georgia Employees.
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)

Construction and/or Public Works Contracts as defined by Section 1.3.6.1. - Construction or Public Works.

NOTE: This exemption does not include a purchase limited to construction or building materials (i.e. a "materials only" contract). In addition, this does not preclude GDOT from utilizing SPDClosed’s statewide contracts.

Services ancillary to the construction and maintenance of a public road.
Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (GPTC) All purchases other than purchases of personal property (i.e. GPTC is exempt for the purchase of services).

Construction/Public Works Contracts as defined by Section 1.3.6.1. - Construction or Public Works.

NOTE: This exemption does not include a purchase limited to construction or building materials (i.e a "materials only" contract). In addition, this does not preclude GPTC from utilizing SPDClosed’s statewide contracts.

Land Grant Universities Agricultural Purchases by certain land grant universities pursuant to the Hatch & Smith-Lever Acts.
Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services Investments and Investment Related Services.
Public Authorities

Construction or Public Works Contracts as defined by Section 1.3.6.1 - Construction or Public Works.

NOTE: This exemption does not include a purchase limited to construction or building materials (i.e. a "materials only" contract). In addition, this does not preclude these authorities from utilizing SPDClosed’s statewide contracts.

 

NOTE: The fact that a purchase may be exempt from the State Purchasing Act is not a representation that not other laws apply or that the purchase may not need to be competitively bid.