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700.00     Exceptions to Competitive Procedures

700.00     Exceptions to Competitive Procedures

The following items are exempt from competitive procedures and do not require a Sole Source Justification (PD-14) nor further approval by the Montana SPB:

• Salaries     

• Retirement and social security payments

• Travel and per diem

• Freight

• Landfill charges   

• Training

• Training and conference space rental and catering

• Pastoral services  

• Fresh fruits and vegetables

• Supplies or services whose prices are regulated by the public service commission or other governmental authority

• Fees for professions exempted by 18-4-132, MCA

• Professional licenses

• Dues to associations

• Renewal of software license agreements     

• Purchase or renewal of maintenance agreements for software and hardware

• Services exempted by section 18-4-132, Montana Code Annotated

• Advertising placed in publications or on radio, television, or other electronic means.

• Purchasing of specific brand name items for resale to the public

• Subscriptions, publications, and textbooks only available from a single supplier (i.e., published videos, movies and recordings)

• Subcontractors associated with specific research grant program, if the subcontractors are specifically named in the grant.

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