Equipment Purchasing

Learn more about purchasing general inventorial and non-inventorial equipment

UC San Diego has two types of equipment:

1. Inventorial equipment has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and must be tracked as property through CAMS (Campus Asset Management System) and through UC San Diego’s financial system  
   • Note: Firearms, government property, and UC San Diego vehicles registered with the DMV must be recorded and tracked as inventorial equipment, regardless of cost
2. Non-Inventorial equipment has an acquisition cost of $4,999 or less 

Both types of equipment include items owned by or in the custody of UC San Diego that:

• Are non-expendable
• Stand alone
• Have a normal useful life of one year or more
• Qualify as tangible personal property (can be appraised for value and property that can generally be moved)