To ensure that university departments follow the necessary procedures when reporting lost, damaged or destroyed equipment.
All equipment in the custody of OSU.
Departments must report all incidents resulting in equipment loss, damage or destruction to the OSU Risk Management Office (541-737-7252) for insurance purposes. Departments must notify Property Management (737-7350) if the equipment is lost or damaged beyond repair and should be removed from inventory. If the property is accountable to a grant or contract, the principal investigator must also follow instructions in the award document for reporting lost, missing, stolen or damaged property to the sponsoring organization.
Departments must report all equipment loss, damage or destruction resulting from suspected criminal activity to the Oregon State Police/Department of Public Safety (737-3010) or local law enforcement if the incident occurred away from the OSU main campus.
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See PRO 304: Insurance for filing a claim for lost, damaged or destroyed equipment.
See PRO 802: Stolen Equipment.
See PRO 903: Reporting & Inventories.
See the Department of Public Safety & Oregon State Police website for procedures on reporting crimes and incidents to law enforcement.
Property Management Policy & Procedure Manual
Section 800: Equipment Disposal
Effective: 03/01/1979
Revised: 03/15/2013
This policy defines equipment as any tangible property with a life expectancy of more than one year, that is not consumed in the course of operation
Units must immediately notify the Department of Public Safety/Oregon State Police (541-737-7000) of all incidents resulting in stolen equipment or suspected theft of equipment. Contact local law enforcement, if the incident occurred away from the OSU main campus.
For insurance purposes, units must also notify the OSU Risk Management Office (541-737-7350 or risk@oregonstate.edu).
Units must complete a Property Disposition Request Form and contact Property Management (541-737-4084), if the equipment is a capital asset.
If the stolen property is accountable to a grant or contract, the principal investigator must contact the Office of Post Award Administration (OPAA) and follow instructions in the award document for reporting stolen property to the sponsoring organization.
PRO 304: Insurance for filing a claim for lost, damaged or destroyed equipment.
PRO 903: Reporting & Inventories.
To define a procedure for the trade-in of university capital equipment.
Departments are permitted to trade-in state owned property upon obtaining approval from Property Management.
Trade-in values that are substantially less than the market value of the equipment are prohibited.
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See PRO 209: Acquisition-Trade.
To facilitate the reuse and disposal of excess departmental property in compliance with State of Oregon Departments of Administrative Services policies.
The Surplus Property department is a self-sustaining unit of OSU.
All excess state owned property must be disposed of through the OSU Surplus Property department. Experiment stations, extension offices and other remote sites must bring their surplus items to the Surplus Property department in Corvallis. Surplus property is taken on a consignment basis.
All sales of state owned property to outside individuals or agencies are prohibited except for sales through the Surplus Property department.
Excess property authorized for disposal by transfer, or trade-in.
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Note: There are restrictions on the disposal of any asset included on the Historic Properties register. These items may be transferred to another OSU department or another state agency. If a department no longer wishes to keep an asset marked as Historic Property, it should be sent to Surplus Property. Surplus Property will contact the State Parks and Recreation Department (which now handles Historic Properties) and request that they claim the asset or release it for sale or other disposition. |
Any equipment on inventory will remain on inventory for record-keeping purposes until it is sold or otherwise disposed of. Property Management will then remove it from inventory.
Some equipment may be difficult or inconvenient to move to the surplus warehouse. In these cases, Surplus Property will arrange the sale of the item at its current location and coordinate dismantling/moving the equipment when the item is sold.
Property Management Policy & Procedure Manual
Section 805: Transfer of Equipment
Effective: 07/01/1971
Revised: 02/26/2008
To facilitate the transfer of equipment.
OSU owned equipment (title code SI) may be transferred to other OSU departments with or without an accompanying financial transaction. The transferring department must notify Property Management of the proposed transfer and complete the necessary forms, either a Property Disposition Request (PDR) or a Fixed Asset Transfer form (FATF).
Transfer Between Departments without a Financial Transaction
Transfer Between Departments with a Financial Transaction
Sale of a Capital Asset by Proprietary Fund
Sale of an asset by Non-Proprietary Fund to a Proprietary Fund
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Credit: 095880 B5801
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See PRO 900: Sponsored Research and Federal Property.
Property Management Policy & Procedure Manual
Section 805: Transfer of Equipment
Effective: 07/01/1971
Revised: 02/25/2012
OSU owned equipment (title code SI) may be transferred to other state agencies with or without an accompanying financial transaction.
State-owned equipment may be transferred to a non-state agency when:
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Oregon Revised Statute 351.210
Oregon Administrative Rule 580-040-0302
See PRO 900: Sponsored Research and Federal Property.
To facilitate the return of equipment to sponsoring agencies and owners.
Agency or other owned equipment must be returned to the agency or owner; upon request, upon completion of project, or expiration of the loan agreement. The returning department must notify Property Management of the return and complete a Property Disposition Request form (PDR).
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See PRO 701-03: Equipment Loaned to OSU.
See PRO 900: Sponsored Research and Federal Property.
To manage the disposal of salvaged or cannibalized capital equipment and to ensure compliance with federal and university requirements.
Departments can use components from outdated or nonfunctional equipment to build or repair other equipment.
Departments may salvage or cannibalize obsolete or nonfunctional equipment upon obtaining approval from Property Management.
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To manage the disposal of capital and other equipment through donations and to ensure compliance with state and university requirements.
The State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services policy on disposition of surplus property requires that equipment no longer needed by an agency must be made available to other agencies in the following order:
Equipment not utilized by these agencies or organizations will be disposed of through public sales.
Departments may donate excess, unused, or unneeded equipment to the qualified non-profit organization upon obtaining approval from Property Management. OSU requires a copy of the 501-C status each time a non-profit organization receives a donation or purchases an item from the Surplus Office. All donations MUST BE PROCESSED through Surplus Property, which is responsible for documenting the donations for audit purposes.
Departments will not show favoritism to any particular organization. If a department appears to be directing supplies/equipment to any one organization on a regular basis Property Management may intervene and take corrective actions.
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Online version of the Surplus Property Pickup Request (SPR) worksheet.
Downloadable Surplus Property Pickup Request (SPR) worksheet (pdf format).