The Heightened Review Process provides for the System-level review and approval of certain contracts in lieu of Board approval. Contracts that meet the following criteria are eligible for review and approval through the heightened contract review process if they involve:

1. Circumstances of unusual and compelling urgency (as determined by the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, after consultation with the President pro tempore, Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, and the Chair(s) of applicable Committee(s));

2. Goods or services, or both, in support of or relating to University Hospital; or

3. 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.

4.Intercollegiate athletics competitions

5.Goods or services, or both, in support of (or relating to) affiliate entities of the Board or its operating divisions that have agreed to comply with this Rule in the applicable affiliation agreement.