Updated 8/4/2009

1. Cases where performance or price competition are not available;
2. Where a needed product or service is available from only one source of supply;
3. Where emergency or pressing need is indicated;
4. Where competition has been solicited but no satisfactory offers received;
5. Where standardization or compatibility is the overriding consideration;
6. Where a donation predicates the source of supply;
7. Where personal or particular professional services are required;
8. Where a particular medical product or service, or prosthetic appliance is needed;
9. Where a product or service is needed for the blind or severely disabled and there are overriding considerations for its use;
10. Where additional products or services are needed to complete an ongoing job or task;
11. Where products are bought for "over the counter" resale;
12. Where a particular product or service is desired for educational, training, experimental, developmental or research work;
13. Where equipment is already installed, connected and in service, and it is determined advantageous to purchase it;
14. Where items are subject to rapid price fluctuation or immediate acceptance;
15. Where there is evidence of resale price maintenance or other control of prices, lawful or unlawful, or collusion on the part of companies which thwarts normal competitive procedures;
16. Where the amount of the purchase is too small to justify soliciting competition or where a purchase is being made and a satisfactory price is available from a previous contract;
17. Where the requirement is for an authorized cooperative project with another governmental unit(s) or a charitable non-profit organization(s);
18. Where a used item(s) is available on short notice and subject to prior sale.

Refer to Procurement Guidelines and How to Write a Justification Memorandum for additional detail.