Brigham Young University

Surplus Sales Information

Maintained by the BYU Purchasing Department

Last Updated: June 27, 2008

Purchasing office hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 12pm & 1pm - 4pm

Closed Tuesdays from 10:45am - 1pm for campus devotionals and forums

Please choose your area of interest: 

•                     Buying Vehicles

•                     Buying other items and equipment for sale by auction

•                     Buying Computers, Monitors, Printers and related equipment at a Surplus Sale

•                     Buying Furnishing items from a Surplus Sale.

•                     Reallocating Surplus Furnishings and Equipment from one BYU Department to another

•                     Disposing of equipment or supplies your department no longer needs

Overview of BYU Surplus

Equipment and Vehicles for Sale: Vehicles and major items (except furnishings and office computers) declared surplus by their departments may be listed on this Web page for sale or our ongoing Internal Auction, or may be listed on publicsurplus.com.  Look for all items currently available for sale in each of those Web pages.

Buying Vehicles

Cars, trucks, passenger vans and SUV’s (except commercial-type vehicles including cargo trucks and dump trucks) are available for auction to BYU employees/retirees only, during the first week they are shown on this page. Vehicles not sold on the one-week auction will be available for sale to the public on the dates shown, at the price listed. (If there is more than one buyer for the same vehicle when the public sale opens, the Service Station Manager may ask each buyer for a bid (above the listed price) to determine which buyer to award the sale to at the highest price offered.)

Commercial-type vehicles may appear on a public auction on this page (without restricting bidding to BYU employees/retirees) or they may be sold on an on-line auction hosted by Public Surplus, LLC at www.publicsurplus.com.

New listings are generally posted weekly on Fridays, and will become available for sale to BYU employees/retirees*[see restriction noted below] on the current auction, closing at the end of the business day each Thursday.

* BYU Employees may purchase up to two vehicles per calendar year, using the one-week advantage given them. If a BYU Employee/retiree wishes to purchase more than two vehicles in a year he or she will need to wait until they are open to public sale.

No representation is made that the condition of vehicles is adequately disclosed on this Web site. The buyer is responsible to inspect and determine the condition and suitability of any vehicle, and verify that the description herein is correct, before bidding or making an offer to purchase. Vehicles may be inspected at the BYU Service Station at 840 East 900 North, Provo, UT 84602. You may direct any questions to Scott Sherwood, BYU Transportation Services at (801) 422-5412. All items and vehicles listed for sale are "As Is" and as such, have no express or implied warranties. Unless noted, on-road vehicles will be sold with current Emissions and Safety Inspection Certificates, and will have a clear Title.

Buying other items

Internal Auction: Includes pianos and other equipment for sale. All items have a minimum bid, and are open for bid each Monday through Thursday. Sealed bids may be submitted to the Purchasing Department, C-141 ASB, in person or by facsimile (fax) on a Standard Bid Form. Click here to download the Standard Bid Form in Adobe Acrobat format, or you may call Purchasing at (801) 422-3471 to have a form faxed to you.

Sealed bids are accepted in person to the Purchasing Office, C-141 ASB by closing at 5:00 p.m. each Thursday afternoon. Bids faxed to (801) 422-0608 will be accepted if received before midnight Thursday night. All sealed bids are opened each Friday morning, and the successful bidder is notified.

publicsurplus.com provides Internet proxy bidding on items listed by BYU as well as  government agencies and institutions. To bid on these items, go to publicsurplus.com and register to bid. While you are there you may browse BYU's and other institutions' auctions by location, institution, or product category.

Please call Purchasing at (801) 422-3471 or email to purchasing@byu.edu with any questions you may have.

Piano Surplus Sales

Surplus Grand Piano for Sale

The 1986 Baldwin Grand piano pictured below is available for sale to the public at $5000.00 each. The pianos can be seen on the first level in the HFAC by appointment.  Purchase arrangements will be made through the Purchasing Department in the Smoot administration building (422-3471).  Payment accepted in Cash, Credit Card or Cashiers Check. Specific questions about the pianos should be directed to Keith Kopp at keith_kopp@byu.edu.

Please refer to the following documents from our music department.

• What to look for in a used piano. Click here.

• Purchasing a BYU surplus piano. Click here.

• Frequently asked questions (FAQs). Click here

Grand Piano

1986 Baldwin R (5’8”) Grand  

Walnut with metal bench     

Computer Surplus Sales

Computer surplus sales are held periodically in the Ellsworth Building. Contact Daryl Mastin regarding any questions with computer surplus at (801) 422-4386.  If you would like to receive an email notice prior to each Computer Surplus Sale, please send an email to surplus@byu.edu and you will be included in the email notification list.

General Surplus Sales

General Surplus sales including building furniture and equipment are held in the West Stadium two times per year, for the benefit of BYU Employees. Contact Moving at (801) 422-2710 with any questions. These sales are for BYU employees and those with valid dependent cards only and are held on the west side of the Ellsworth Building.

Reallocation between BYU Departments

To make your needs known for computer or related equipment contact the Office of Information Technology at (801) 422-4386.

For building furnishings or equipment contact Space Management at (801) 422-5474 and make your needs known. To check current availability of furnishings items you may also contact Moving at (801) 378-2710.

Declaring Items Surplus

Computers and related equipment, Building Furniture, and Miscellaneous items:  Email the list of items you have available for surplus to manageassets@byu.edu, ***Please include the ICN number (located on the BYU Property Tag) in your e-mail.***  The Inventory Office will make sure Inventory (if any) is relieved, notify the OIT Materials Manager if it is Computer related equipment, and will arrange with Moving to pick up your items.

For items with more specific uses than general office and household use: Contact Purchasing at (801) 422-3471 or email purchasing@byu.edu to have your items listed on our internal auction. If you have the ability to take a digital picture of the item and attach it to the email we will post the picture on this Web page with your listing. Please include in your email (1) an adequate description of the item, (2) who bidders may contact to inspect the item and/or where they may inspect it, (3) The minimum bid your department is willing to accept, and (4) the speedtype (account code) to which we should credit the sale proceeds.