• Alcoholic beverages, drugs, or pharmaceutical products.
  • Flowers, holiday decorations, or personal objects (such as kleenex tissue, greeting cards, invitations, paper cups or plates, pictures, radios, coffee pots, heaters, refrigerators, microwave ovens, art objects, etc.).
  • Food items, except for laboratory research/teaching projects.
  • Gifts, donations, or contributions to individuals or organizations.
  • Removal of, or disposal of, hazardous materials or substances.
  • Purchases that require a license or permit to transport or possess (e.g. absolute alcohol, controlled substances, items regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act)
  • Vehicles and/or equipment requiring issuance/transfer of a "title" or "certificate of origin"
  • Pyramiding (multiple purchases to cover same transaction).
  • Construction and renovation items - restriction applies if items are being purchased for alterations/modifications to University buildings, building equipment, or building systems, unless this type of work is part of your regular job description.
  • Personal items.

Items with Special Circumstances for Purchase Orders

  • Firearms or ammunition.
  • Purchase of hazardous material or substances:
    • in a single container quantity in excess of 50 pounds (solids)
    • in a single container quantity in excess of 5 gallons (liquids)
    • manufactured and sold primarily for commercial/bulk use" (okay if manufactured and sold primarily for "household" or "general consumer" use and purchased at a general consumer retail outlet).
  • Purchase of or removal of radioactive materials, and/or radiation producing devices.
  • Lab animals.