(1) Except for Part 24, Unlawful Conduct and Penalties, this chapter does not apply to: (a) funds administered under the Percent-for-Art Program of the Utah Percent-for-Art Act; (b) a grant; (c) a contract between procurement units; (d) medical supplies or medical equipment, including service agreements for medical equipment, obtained by the University of Utah Hospital through a purchasing consortium if: (i) the consortium uses a competitive procurement process; and (ii) the chief administrative officer of the hospital makes a written finding that the prices for purchasing medical supplies and medical equipment through the consortium are competitive with market prices; (e) the purchase of firefighting supplies or equipment by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, created in Section 65A-1-4, through the federal General Services Administration or the National Fire Cache system; (f) supplies purchased for resale to the public; or (g) activities related to the management of investments by a public entity granted investment authority by law.

(a) funds administered under the Percent-for-Art Program of the Utah Percent-for-Art Act;

(b) a grant;

(c) a contract between procurement units;

(d) medical supplies or medical equipment, including service agreements for medical equipment, obtained by the University of Utah Hospital through a purchasing consortium if: (i) the consortium uses a competitive procurement process; and (ii) the chief administrative officer of the hospital makes a written finding that the prices for purchasing medical supplies and medical equipment through the consortium are competitive with market prices;

(i) the consortium uses a competitive procurement process; and

(ii) the chief administrative officer of the hospital makes a written finding that the prices for purchasing medical supplies and medical equipment through the consortium are competitive with market prices;

(e) the purchase of firefighting supplies or equipment by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, created in Section 65A-1-4, through the federal General Services Administration or the National Fire Cache system;

(f) supplies purchased for resale to the public; or

(g) activities related to the management of investments by a public entity granted investment authority by law.

(2) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter, if a procurement involves the expenditure of federal or state assistance, federal contract funds, local matching funds, or federal financial participation funds, the procurement unit shall comply with mandatory applicable federal or state law and regulations not reflected in this chapter.

(3) This chapter does not supersede the requirements for retention or withholding of construction proceeds and release of construction proceeds as provided in Section 13-8-5.

(4) This chapter does not apply to a procurement unit's hiring a mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel member to participate in the procurement unit's dispute resolution efforts.