Care must be taken to avoid any appearance of impropriety or favoritism. Fleet Services occasionally conducts public bid sales and will allow departmental vehicles to be included. They will also conduct a bid sale for a department. Wholesale Auction - Fleet Services can arrange to have vehicles taken to a wholesale auction. The University conducts a public auction every fall in November.
Any department can participate in the auction.
For a negotiated sale or bid sale on the Twin Cities campus the buyer pays the department and receives a receipt. The buyer brings the receipt, along with a copy of the Inventory Services approval, to Fleet Services and receives the title. For the coordinate campuses and stations conducting bid sales the titles are usually sent out before the sale. This site is maintained and designed by Lincoln M. Goede and hosted by Web Hotel . The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.