Pre-Approved ICT

Pre-approved items that do not require an ICR-PAR submission:

  • Supported ITS desktop computer brands running Windows with a minimum 3-year warranty, which includes; 
    • Lenovo ThinkCentre, ThinkStations and HP Elite, and Z-series.
  • Supported ITS laptop computers running Windows with a minimum 3-year warranty; Lenovo ThinkPad or HP Elite series
  • Mac laptops or desktops with a three-year AppleCare warranty
  • Tablets running Android, Chrome OS, or iOS
  • Personal Printers (Network, lab, or public printers do require an ICT Purchase Approval Request)
  • CD/DVD Burners
  • Toner/ink
  • Paper
  • Forms

Non-Baseline Supported Workstations: Microsoft Surface, HP non-elite models, Dell, and any other non-baseline approved computer brands or approved brands without a minimum 3-year warranty coverage still require an ICT Purchase Approval Request.

  • Monitors
  • Displays
  • Projectors
  • Microsoft Hub smart display
  • Zoom Room components
  • Permanently mounted projectors
  • Speakers and headphones
  • Televisions

  • Mice, trackballs, switches, or other input peripherals or controllers
  • Magnetic card readers
  • Keyboards of all sorts
  • Presenter devices, including document cameras
  • Wacom or similar writing and drawing tablets (Bluetooth input devices)

  • Video and Audio cards
  • Other internal computer components including add-on processors
  • Adapters of all sorts
  • Cables (exception: network cables because of compatibility issues)
  • USB Hubs
  • Data storage devices of all sorts (note: Departments are responsible for securing Level 1 and 2 confidential data on all devices, including those excluded from this approval process)
    • Disks, Internal and external: SSD Solid State Disks (SSD SATA -SSD M.2 - SSD NVMe - SSD mSATA - SSD U2) - HD Hard Disk  - SSHD Solid State Hybrid Drive 
    • USB drives
    • SD cards
  • Power adapters and UPS backup devices
  • Networking infrastructure

  • Smartphones running Android or iOS
  • E-readers
  • Cameras
  • Calculators
  • Headphones
  • Portable Two-Way Hand Held Radios, Aka Walkie Talkies
  • Video games
  • Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

  • Assistive technology hardware and software
  • Alternative and Augmentative Communication applications or devices (AAC)
  • Services to receive alternate formats for media, such as transcription services

  • Clip-art
  • Stock images
  • Music
  • 3-D models
  • Ad spend

Note: All indemnities, such as Microsoft Software Assurance, AppleCare, hardware warranties, maintenance, or licensing, including repair services, and support or Software Maintenance Agreements, are service contracts and not ICT and can be procured without submitting the ICT Purchase Approval Request form.