Purpose

To manage disposal of salvaged or cannibalized equipment* and to ensure compliance with
Board Of Regents, Federal, and Institute requirements.

Policy

Department may salvage or cannibalize obsolete or nonfunctional GT-owned equipment for
working parts that can be used in other GT-owned functional equipment, upon obtaining
signature approval from the Department Head/Chair and a Property Control Supervisor or
Manager.

Procedure

Department shall complete the “Authorization for Equipment Cannibalization” form and return
to Property Control/Logistics department(s) for final approval.

Upon receipt of the Authorization for Equipment Cannibalization form signed by PC, the
Department shall record and maintain a list of the usable parts removed from the GT-owned
equipment and dispose of the unusable portion through Logistics before June 1st of the same
fiscal year.

Department shall furnish Logistics with the list of usable parts removed from the GT-owned
equipment at the time of its disposal.

*Based on the current IT equipment disposal policy, GT-owned equipment containing a
memory storage device, with an acquisition cost of less than $5,000, is not required to go
through the written cannibalization process.