• All contracts for goods or services, or both, involving an expenditure of $1,000,000 or more for the term of the contract (including all option, renewal or extension periods) that were not pprocured through a competitive process.
• All consulting or professional service contracts involving $250K or more for the term of the contract (including all option, renewal or extension periods) regardless of whether the contract results from a competitive process.
• All contracts involving the receipt of $1,000,000 or more for the term of the contract (including all option, renewal, or extension periods).
• All information technology contracts or projects involving an expenditure of $750,000 or more for the term of the contract or project (including an extensions, renewals, upgrades or expansions to existing technology contracts or projects), regardless of the source of funds.
• All loans, whether the UA System entity is the lender of borrower. This provision does not supersede any affiliation agreements that specify a dollar threshold for Board approval of loans.

• Contracts that are otherwise required to be approved by the Board, such as construction contracts.
• Contracts that are otherwise required to be approved by the UAB Health System Authority Board.
• Contracts with publicly regulated utilities.
• Sponsored Research Grants and Contracts, including associated subcontracts.
• Contracts with related organizations that have an existing affiliation or joint operating agreement with the Board, or are otherwise incorporated as a university healthcare authority by the Board.
• Contracts with federal, state, or local governments or their agencies.
• Gift agreements or memorandums of understanding with donors to a UA system entity.
• Contracts related to the provision of legal services executed by the General Counsel.

• A technology project includes multiple related contracts for hardware, software, training, contractual services, etc. For example, a single technology project could include a $200,000 contract for hardware, a $300,000 contract for software, and a $300,000 contract for training. Even though each individual project does note exceed $750,000, the cost of the entire project does exceed $750.000. Therefore, the entire technology project should be approved.

• Circumstances of unusual and compelling urgency (as determined by the Chancellor and Sr. Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, after consultation with the President pro tempore, Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, as well as the Chair(s) of any Committee(s) to which the subject contract relates);
• Goods or services, or both, in support of or relating to the UAB Health System Authority;
• Direct provision of liability or property insurance, or compensation and welfare benefits to employees of the System office or employees or students of the campuses of the UA System, including contracts for the provision of life, disability, health (including student health plans), dental or vision insurance, or retirement, deferred compensation or other arrangement for supplemental benefits or pay not otherwise covered by Board Rule 302; 
• Intercollegiate athletic competitions; and
• Goods or services or both, in support of or relating to affilicate entities of the Board or its operating divisions that have agreed to comly with this Rule in applicable affiliation agreement.

Affiliated entities are not required to provide a Vendor Disclosure Form.

A list of affiliated entities that qualify for Heightened Review include:

• Southern Research Institute
• UAB Health System Authority
• UAB Medicine Enterprise
• UAB Hospital Management, LLC
• Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority, An Affiliate of UAB Health System
• UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
• Medical West Hospital Authority, An Affiliate of UAB Health System
• UAB Medicine Finance Authority
• UAB St. Vincent's Health System Authority
• UAB St. Vincent's Health System
• UAB St. Vincent's Employment Authority
• UAB St. Vincent's Birmingham
• UAB St. Vincent's Blount
• UAB St. Vincent's St. Clair, LLC
• UAB St. Vincent's East
• UAB St. Vincent's Chilton, LLC
• UAB St. Vincent's Physician Alliace, LLC
• Central Alabama Orthopedic Surgery Center, LLC
• Ascension Ventures Corporation
• Vincentian Ventures of North Alabama, Inc.
• Vincentian Physician Services, LLC
• American Sports Medicine Institute, Inc.
• Vincent's Ambulatory Healthcare Network, LLC
• Vincent's Volunteer Council, LLC
• MSC, LLC
• Seton Property Corporation of North Alabama
• STVHS OB/GYN Co-Management, LLC
• Vincent's Outpatient Surgery Services, LLC
• Vincent's Sleep Disorder Center, LLC
• Vincent's PET Center, LLC
• One Nineteen GI ASC, LLC
• Ascension Alabama-Regent ASC JV, LLC
• SCPS Psychiatric Services, LLC
• Occupational Health Clinic, LLC
• Vincent's Internal Medicine Mayfair, LLC
• Vincent's Primary Care Patchwork Farms, LLC
• Vincent's Urgent Care, LLC
• STV Cardiothoracic Surgeons, LLC
• STV Orthopedic Surgeons, LLC
• STV Sports Medicine & Orthopedics, LLC
• STV Neuro I, LLC
• STV Pulmonary Group, LLC
• Eastside Ventures, LLC
• Vincent's Home Medical Services, LLC
• Radiology Services East
• Eastside PET Center, LLC